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The Santana Plan is a fantasy baseball roster construction strategy. The Santana Plan is similar to the LIMA Plan except that it advocates that one purchases an elite starter or "Santana Plan anchor." In this article, we will review the Santana Plan strategy. We now have a three-year track record at identifying Santana Plan anchors, so we will revisit how well it has worked in practice, and conclude by identifying the Santana Plan anchors for 2012.
Jan 6 2012 12:00am
Jan 6 2012 12:00am
Jan 1 2012 5:00am
The concept of numeric literacy, and how to exploit it in your leagues.
Dec 23 2011 12:00am
Dec 23 2011 12:00am
Are players worth targeting after posting a 10-game hitting streak?
Dec 16 2011 12:00am
Dec 16 2011 12:00am
Is there a way we can avoid drafting players who are about to suffer epic collapses?
Dec 9 2011 12:00am
Dec 9 2011 12:00am
In short, should we use the new, highly complex version of xERA or switch to a simpler metric?
Dec 4 2011 1:28pm
Dec 4 2011 1:28pm
Accurately evaluating a player's future performance is essential for building a successful franchise. But, how do we arrive at these judgments?
Nov 22 2011 12:00am
Nov 22 2011 12:00am
First, do players get "hot" (defined by a hitting streak) more often than we would expect by chance? And second, do players who have hitting streaks of at least 10 games, show improved performance over the next 10 games? If so, we should target these players.
Nov 11 2011 12:00am
Nov 11 2011 12:00am
The question, then, is whether we can estimate the "correct" hr/f for a given player. An even more important question is whether we can use that information to predict regression from one season to the next. In two words: yes and yes.
Nov 3 2011 11:00pm
Nov 3 2011 11:00pm
A statistic frequently used to fuel speculation is the number of doubles a player hits - there is often conjecture that a player with a lot of doubles in one year might turn them some of them into HR the next. But does this actually happen with reliable frequency?
Oct 25 2011 11:00pm
Oct 25 2011 11:00pm
A look ahead at what you might see covered in our Playing Time Today column on September 16, 2012...
Sep 15 2011 11:00pm
Sep 15 2011 11:00pm
The Santana Plan is a fantasy baseball roster construction strategy. The Santana Plan is similar to the LIMA Plan except that it advocates that one purchases an elite starter or "Santana Plan anchor." In this article, we will review the Santana Plan strategy. We now have a three-year track record at identifying Santana Plan anchors, so we will revisit how well it has worked in practice, and conclude by identifying the Santana Plan anchors for 2012.
Jan 6 2012 12:00am
Jan 6 2012 12:00am
Jan 1 2012 5:00am
The concept of numeric literacy, and how to exploit it in your leagues.
Dec 23 2011 12:00am
Dec 23 2011 12:00am
Are players worth targeting after posting a 10-game hitting streak?
Dec 16 2011 12:00am
Dec 16 2011 12:00am
Is there a way we can avoid drafting players who are about to suffer epic collapses?
Dec 9 2011 12:00am
Dec 9 2011 12:00am
In short, should we use the new, highly complex version of xERA or switch to a simpler metric?
Dec 4 2011 1:28pm
Dec 4 2011 1:28pm
Accurately evaluating a player's future performance is essential for building a successful franchise. But, how do we arrive at these judgments?
Nov 22 2011 12:00am
Nov 22 2011 12:00am
First, do players get "hot" (defined by a hitting streak) more often than we would expect by chance? And second, do players who have hitting streaks of at least 10 games, show improved performance over the next 10 games? If so, we should target these players.
Nov 11 2011 12:00am
Nov 11 2011 12:00am
The question, then, is whether we can estimate the "correct" hr/f for a given player. An even more important question is whether we can use that information to predict regression from one season to the next. In two words: yes and yes.
Nov 3 2011 11:00pm
Nov 3 2011 11:00pm
A statistic frequently used to fuel speculation is the number of doubles a player hits - there is often conjecture that a player with a lot of doubles in one year might turn them some of them into HR the next. But does this actually happen with reliable frequency?
Oct 25 2011 11:00pm
Oct 25 2011 11:00pm
A look ahead at what you might see covered in our Playing Time Today column on September 16, 2012...
Sep 15 2011 11:00pm
Sep 15 2011 11:00pm
