Lefty Specialist wrote: The baseball draft is such a different animal. Football and basketball picks can have an immediate impact. Even the best draftees in baseball are usually at least a year or two away. Mike Piazza was a 62nd round pick as a favor to his father by Tommy Lasorda. An undrafted TJ Rivera will have a better baseball career than a lot of first-rounders, I'd bet. Tanking for a better draft pick probably isn't worth it. This is spot on. In college football and hoops drafts you can try to tank and catch an impact player early. Baseball? Play as hard as you can if you are out of it use the 7/31 deadline to trade and help yourself for the future.