Trading Trout: Should you liquidate a long-term injury?

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When Freddie Freeman was injured two weeks ago, his fantasy owners cried out in agony: "He's the core of my offense! What am I going to do?! My team is toast!"

As a Freeman owner myself, I felt the pain. I paid a hefty $36 for him in Tout Wars and was sitting in second place at the time. I decided to see how others were handling the void, so I polled the readers at RonShandler.com:

You've just lost Freddie Freeman for 8 . . .