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With spring training games underway, we have officially entered fantasy baseball draft season, which means it is time to test out a variety of strategies to see what works best for you and your specific league.

Drafting with position scarcity in mind is something we see every year, and though the catcher position is routinely linked to this specific strategy, the belief in needing to draft one of the top backstops early is a mistake. What do you think this is, fantasy football?

In fantasy football, position-scarcity points people toward drafting a tight end like Brock Bowers early, because in securing him you are obtaining a significant advantage over your opponents who punt the position and settle for someone like Cole Kmet.

The point-differential tells the full story.