Being shorter is a bit of a disadvantage in the recruiting game. Being very tall is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Being fairly tall and athletic looking is an advantage and just like in the corporate world that advantage does tend to be a bit more long lasting than it should be.
One can list them as a bit taller to hopefully get looks as long as one doesn't go overboard but other than that people's biases aren't going to change anytime soon.
I remember being told by my twin brother's stepfather, who bore more than a faint resemblance to Fernando Valenzuela, that he lost his chance to make it to the bigs when they started going to the taller pitchers. That was almost 40 years ago.