1. Draft players who can play multiple positions. A player like Manny Machado who can play third and shortstop gives you depth if your starting shortstop gets injured.
2. Know your position in the draft. If you’re in a snake style draft, know how long it will be until your next pick and decide accordingly whether or not to risk waiting on a player.
3. Power hitters are very helpful in Roto style leagues. Home Runs, RBI’s and runs scored, score big in these leagues.
4. Speedy players are also helpful to draft. Stolen bases aren’t common, but they are worth a lot of points.
5. When drafting hitters, know where they hit in the line-up. Early hitters in the lineup get up to bat more often, giving you potential to earn more points.
6. Take games played into consideration. If players missed a lot of the previous season due to injury and are injury prone avoid drafting them until later rounds.
7. Age is a factor. Both positively and negatively. Don’t draft Jacoby Ellsbury based on his stats in 2009. He’s gotten older, slower and less productive.
8. Same goes for pitchers. With age, pitchers tend to lose velocity. This is problematic considering strikeouts are big fantasy points.
9. Be prepared in your draft. Be prepared if someone swoops in with your top pick right before you. Always have a backup plan.
10. DO YOUR RESEARCH COMING IN! Don’t go into the draft blind. There isn’t time to research during the 90 seconds you have to draft a player. Be prepared!

And those are my top ten tips and tricks to the fantasy baseball draft.