*** New patch improved fulmer, verlander and ??? you'd have to find the thread i am referencing for specifics, but some players got some needed adjustments and mostly beneficial in this case... maybe not for sanchez
you have to restart any 2017 league to realize those changes, though.
Until you get rid of them, what i write below should tell you my preference on whom to play and who should sit, if any.
trading v-mart is a key goal for me every year since he signed that 4yr mistake...
upton is another option to get rid of, but he's more than serviceable, too. this guy is going to be a financial problem, nearly gauranteed... it's important to get rid of this boondoggle before too long. i start actively looking in year 1, and i'll be patient for a year or 2.
dumping anibal any way possible... i don't even care about eating it, as long as i get rid of it year 1. improved results may improve trade value, not sure how long you need to go, and definitely depends on AI Evaluation and the resulting AI GM's sliders that fluctuate around that setting. > 4 GS probably needed to make a dent, i'd assume. he's been crappy for last 2+ years, so? even when sanchez was good, he didn't translate well to the game in his peak years. even then i always tried to trade this guy, but you got soemthing good back then.
even though v-mart is definitely a more complete hitter than moya, after 2017 that's less and less likely to be true. moya will never be anything great without TCR bonuses, so he'd be a fill-in DH... i'd play JD more in the field and only play moya in the field enouhg to maintain his RF rating. (if lazy i'll just use the 'lesser' player against lefties in the field on the depth chart, and the more long-term solution against righties...)
best case scenario is that this guy is your power lefty off the bench or better yet traded for something useful... you like vmart? then go ahead and eke one more year out and ph moya liberally and spot start him for at least RF. don't read into streaks.. you cannot predict them, you cannot manage them... it's impossible. moya is crappy... the truth will out, but he's going to hit quite a few HR along the way.
i doubt you have a competent bullpen in 2017, so take the budget hits this year and get them out of the way... whatever way you choose to go... biggest key to the tigers is rescue them, financially. they have a good offense, and some good young pitching, according to OotP.
i don't even get consistent seasons out of vmart for last 2-3 years... i've long lost my taste for him in ootp... and in rl he needs to get on the roids again