5 Draft Strategies to Win Your Fantasy Baseball League

I have played Fantasy Baseball for years and it still remains my favorite fantasy sport, even more-so than football. Baseball is so much more consistent then football and I appreciate that. However, baseball can be complicated and someone who is clueless come draft day may end up destroying their entire season before it begins, I know this because it happened to me more than once.

Here are 5 simple strategies to draft a winning team.

1. Leave your bias at the door

I am a Red Sox fan which means that I hate the Yankees, that bias can do two things to me. I can overvalue the Red Sox (like I did with Manny a few years ago) or undervalue a Yankee because I hate them (I did this with Jeter multiple years).

I could tell you where any baseball draft was located just by viewing the draft results. When I lived in Virginia there was an abundance of Orioles, Nationals and Braves taken way too early. Last year when I was in Ohio there were many Cleveland Indians that came off the board way too early. People are the same every where you go and they often want to own their favorite player, which means they will draft guys way too early. They also have no clue who some of the best players are in the smaller markets. I took place in many drafts where players like Holliday, Atkins, Harang and Han-Ram dropped way too low.

So leave your bias at the door or else you will be making a quick exit from the league contenders.

2. Know the Scoring Settings

This seems obvious, but many people forget to do this and it is one of the most important aspects of any draft. A players value may increase or decrease depending on what stats are used. Todd Helton is a great example of this. In a standard league Helton is a lower tier first baseman, however if walks and On Base Percentage are stats used then his value increases to a second tier first basemen. So pay attention to the stats used, it can change the way you draft.

3. Positional Values