A weighted lottery among the 18 teams that failed to make the playoffs this season determined the order of picks for the third year in a row.

Washington got the top overall pick in next summer’s draft after winning a lottery in a drawing of ping-pong balls at the winter meetings on Tuesday, setting up the Nationals to make the first pick for the third time in franchise history. In 2009, they drafted pitcher Stephen Strasburg No. 1.

In the past, the Nationals have selected Stephen Strasburg (2009) and Bryce Harper (2010) with the No. 1 pick.