Change the draft order to discourage tanking?

[Centerfield]

Yes. Draft picks were a big part of the rebuild, but tanking to get an early pick played a small role.



Early picks were Correa and Bregman. That's it.



Springer was 11th overall. Altuve dropped out of the sky. And Keuchel was a 7th rounder. None of the prospects used to get Verlander were early picks. McCullers was 41st. Morton was a journeyman who put it together late in his career and Gurriel is international.



Did they tank? Absolutely. Did they tank their way to a championship? Hardly. They wasted away as many high picks as they capitalized on. Maybe if they picked 10th those years they would have been better.



Rebuilding is crucial for a small market team. Tanking? Not so much.

[Frayed Knot]

=Centerfield post_id=2236 time=1549060717 user_id=65]Did they tank? Absolutely. Did they tank their way to a championship? Hardly.