As crazy as it may sound, you are almost always better off just taking whoever you want at any price. Total Control Drafting is the only strategy that gets close to the flexibility you need to have an optimal draft or auction.

For those new to this annual exercise, our Straight Draft Guide is our attempt to coalesce the wealth of tools and analysis offered here at BaseballHQ.com into a coherent approach to your straight draft.

<p>Drafting AL-LABR with only Mayberry scores. How did it work?</p>

LIMA "Rebooted" can be tailored for head-to-head success by embracing the concepts of the original LIMA Plan and incorporating pitchers' quality-consistency scores.

Time to study.

Winning your Keeper League championship demands discipline and attention to detail. As February turns to March, now is the time to pull out the primer...

In Part 2 of our study of the changing power balance, we consider strategic ramifications.

In this first of two parts, we examine the changing power balance between hitters and starting pitchers. Starting pitchers are more likely than hitters to register as Portfolio 3 Tier 1 qualifiers, with more top earners among Tier 1 starting pitchers than among Tier 1 hitters.

A selection from our archives...

Seventeen relievers offer ratings as good as Justin Verlander in Strat-O-Matic. Identify them with other pitching targets to win your league.

The Mayberry Method allows a focus on the core components of valuable fantasy baseball players. Much of the analysis and study is justifiably focused on player skill, but it shouldn't be forgotten that players must accumulate PA/IP for those skills to actually benefit a fantasy team.