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2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy: Start with starting pitchers or wait?

There's a time-honored fantasy baseball draft strategy that says don't draft pitching early, but lately, that strategy is being questioned. After all, many of the best hitters "only" contribute in four categories, which is the knock on pitchers, so why not start grabbing the best of the best in the first or second round?

Regardless of your views on when to draft pitchers, every team needs them, and you have to draft them at some point. It's great if you've spent hours on rankings and sleepers, but let's face it -- the real decision that must be made with pitchers is when to draft your first one or two.