I briefly considered them. I already had 1700+ decent-to-good innings rostered, and had two 1B and four OFs. My OF defense is pretty substandard (D/B-, D/C, C-/B+, C/C-). I also needed to upgrade at 3B (so I wouldn't have to start Buck Herzog's .327 obp). 1957 gave me Red Schoendienst (Frisch moving to 3B) and a stud Willie Mays season, who is not as HR-dependent as most of his other seasons (35 HRs, w/ slash of .333, .407, .626 C+/A+).
But you are right, 1989 is certainly draft worthy and in retrospect, many would've drafted differently had they known 1989 would still be available with their last pick.