ROTISSERIE: Santana Plan anchors for 2017

Welcome to our annual article about the Santana Plan, 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. Budgeting 25% - 31% of your auction dollars on pitching will require that your starting pitchers other than the Santana Plan anchor will be less expensive options that still possess reasonably high skills. Spending 69% - 75% of your budget on batters should put you ahead of your competitors in compiling batting statistics.

That’s a difficult balance to strike, to buy an expensive starter but still spend less than your competitors do on your pitching staff as a whole. The strategy’s rationale is...

Almost!

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