ROTISSERIE: Santana Plan anchors for 2018

By Michael Weddell

Good news and bad news for our annual Santana Plan article. 2017 was a great year for our Santana Plan anchor picks. However, our 2018 Santana Plan anchor list is both short and not very illuminating. Stick around for some fun though: we’ll use Santana Plan style analysis to consider studs and duds among the second and third tier starting pitchers.

What is the Santana Plan?

Named in honor of one-time perennial Cy Young candidate Johan Santana, the Santana Plan is a roster construction strategy that advocates buying one elite starting pitcher. The rest of the roster strategy follows BaseballHQ’s LIMA plan. Budgeting 25%-31% of your auction dollars on pitching will require that your starting pitchers other than the...

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