ROTISSERIE: SANTANA Plan anchors for 2019—Part II

Wednesday’s article explained the Santana Plan roster construction strategy and discussed the Santana Plan anchors entering the 2019 season. Today, we’ll have some fun applying the same principles to other starting pitchers.

Early-Round Starting Pitchers Who Are Not Santana Plan Anchors

We named six Santana Plan anchors Wednesday, plus one honorable mention candidate. Let’s look at an equal number of top starters ranked by NFBC ADP who didn’t make our Santana Plan filters, and consider whether they are decent values or overrated. We’ll discuss them in order of their ADP:

Justin Verlander (RHP, HOU) missed our Santana Plan filters but is still very much the type of pitcher in which we should invest. Verlander has been very durable with...

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