ROTISSERIE: Santana Plan anchors for 2015

The Santana Plan is a roster construction strategy that advocates building a pitching staff around one elite starter or Santana Plan "anchor.” The rest of the roster strategy follows BaseballHQ.com’s LIMA plan. In a nutshell, still budget about 25%–31% of your auction dollars on pitching, which will require that you fill out the rest of your starting pitchers with less expensive, high-skilled options. Spending 69%–75% of your budget on batters should put you ahead of your competitors in compiling batting statistics.

Why might you buy one expensive starting pitcher?

  • In most fantasy formats, half of the standings are based on pitchers, so you need to buy some.
  • With the proper statistical filters and subjective judgments, an expensive...

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