TL;DR - Draft the best guy available, stock up on pitchers. Update throughout the year. It is somewhat difficult to compare the two, but I'll do my best, and it'll also depend on your league and how you do scoring Starting pitchers are like quarterbacks, it is awesome to have a great one, but if you end up taking your pitchers in the middle rounds its not going to hurt you too badly. It is nice to have one or two aces though, so getting one or two in the first five rounds is what I go for, pitchers like Kershaw/Scherzer/Arrieta guys who are going to consistently go out and put up big numbers. Then getting more starters in the later rounds to round out your squad. OF/3B/1B are like running backs and wide receivers, they're your point guys for batting, you want to make sure you're not weak on batting because they'll get you points every day that the team plays instead of the pitchers who will only go every five starts, drafting superstar hitters in the first rounds is generally the way to go, Trout/Stanton/Goldschmidt/Harper are first round guys. They're also similar because they're gonna have off days, sometimes youll get negative points from them, but its a game of averages, and just ride it out. C/SS/2B are like TEs there are a few great ones that will put up big numbers but besides the few greats, its relatively slim pickings. So either take great ones early on or you can wait till the later parts of the draft and take relatively good ones. People generally don't stash many of them. You can easily wait to till the end of the draft and draft someone like Castillo who is still going to put up pretty good numbers, and you wont use an early pick getting the best catcher. Closing Pitchers are like your Kicker and Defense, they're going to get you pretty consistent points, but when they mess up you notice it. You'll want to get good ones because Blown Saves hurt alot, where saves are great daily points. If you don't get the good ones you'll regret not having them, and it could come back to hurt you, especially if your league requires you have relief pitcher spots. Everyone's way of playing fantasy baseball is a little different, but i generally try and draft one utility guy who can play many different spots so that I can plug him into the lineup any day that someone has an off day, and then use the rest of my bench spots for pitchers and rotate them in so I get as many starts as i can per week. Updating your roster is even more important than in fantasy football, because there are alot more hidden gems that wont get drafted, but will end up being studs as the season goes on. General draft strategy, which is obvious, should be to draft the best guy available to fill your roster (if you're a points league), such as drafting a great hitter who is still on the board instead of picking up a pitcher who is alright but you're panicking because you don't have a good pitching staff or to draft a good mixture of batters and pitchers that fill your categories (if you're a categories league). I hope this helped.