Like other pro sports, the team finished last and with the worst record, or you trade for it.
Cincinatti
The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first team in MLB history
Alex Wimmers, a right-handed pitcher from The Ohio State University. He was selected in the first round, with the 21st overall pick, by the Minnesota Twins.
Cincinnati red stocks
The present-day Cincinnati Reds.
bASeBALl was evented n 1789
Not the team that lost
50%
Braves-MLB
Baseball was evented n 1789
The second pick overall in the 1961 MLB Expansion Draft was catcher Hobie Landrith (to Mets from Giants). Other notable players in this draft were pitcher Roger Craig (6th overall to Mets from Dodgers), first baseman Gil Hodges (14th overall to Mets from Dodgers) and infielder Don Zimmer (43rd overall to Mets from Cubs)
Canada's first MLB team was the Montreal Expos who began play in 1969.