Fantasy baseball help

[Hawkeye11en1]

My first money league I have ever been in - got roped into this one. $200 a man, so it's worth following and competing. I am looking for some basic draft advice, as I have no clue. Here is some info on the league:

Head to Head
Total points scored
Three division winners and three wild cards. 6 of 12 make playoffs

Batters
1B Singles 1.5 points
2B Doubles 3 points
3B Triples 5 points
AB At Bats 0 points
BB Walks (Batters) .5 points
CS Caught Stealing -1 point
H Hits 0 points
HR Home Runs 7 points
KO Strikeouts (Batter) -.5 points
R Runs 1 point
RBI Runs Batted In 1 point
SB Stolen Bases 2.5 points

Pitchers
BBI Walks Issued (Pitchers) -1 point
CG Complete Games 10 points
ER Earned Runs -3 points
HA Hits Allowed -2 points
K Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point
L Losses -8 points
SO Shutouts 5 points
W Wins 10 points

Relief Pitchers
BBI Walks Issued (Pitchers) -2 points
BS Blown Saves -7 points
ER Earned Runs -3 points
HA Hits Allowed -3 points
K Strikeouts (Pitcher) 3 points
L Losses -7 points
S Saves 10 points
W Wins 7 points

Anyone have any basic draft strategy and also what is a good draft sheet to use? I sometimes listen to the Fantasy Focus podcast on ESPN and know they have sheets. Anyone used those?

[CLONEing around]

I've never done head to head fantasy baseball before, but saves seem to be weighted really heavily in this league. I would load up on closers. And your biggest target should be pitchers who can pitch a shutout, Verlander and Halliday come to mind first. Hitting seems pretty straight forward, avoid guys who strikeout a lot. And pure singles hitters are almost worthless unless they have a LOT of speed.

[troyisu]

I have won my league back to back and have a few suggestions...

My league is also head to head, but a category league. HR, RBI, R, SB, and OBP are our offensive categories and W, S, ERA, WHIP, K's are our pitching categories.

I've found that keeping a balance between hitting a pitching is the way to go during your draft. Closers are very important as there is only 1 per team as opposed to starting pitching with usually 3 serviceable guys per team. Starters are sooooo deep this year that it makes sense to drop on an elite closer after you have your ace starter.

I would target Kimbrel, Storen, Rivera, Bell and Papelbon as your tier 1 closer.

I've also found that the most important rounds of your draft are after round 7. That's when dudes start getting disinterested and/or panicky. Two years ago I drafted Carlos Gonzalez in round 18 and he was my MVP...there's always a guy like that out there that will shine...

Just my 2 cents...good luck!