2025 Santana Plan: Candidates who missed

Research has shown that Santana Plan anchors retain more of their prior year value on average than the rest of the pitching pool. In the previous article, Zack Wheeler, Logan Gilbert and George Kirby were identified as this year’s Santana Plan anchors. Gilbert and Kirby would be solid investments compared to their current ADPs.

These articles were prepared using the Santana Plan analysis—trying to find two years of durability and elite skills (or as close to it as we can get)—and the NFBC ACP data. Naturally, you should not feel so limited: please use the BaseballHQ projections and the Market Pulse columns, the BABS columns, LIMA targets, spring training intelligence, and analysis by other BaseballHQ writers. Just realize that this...

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