I am in this exact position. Gray is getting in the way of me moving on Sheridan who is absolutely stinking up my team.
My 2 cents - This all comes down to the age old question..."what is a trade worth." I think it's reasonable to suggest Gray when back and fit is a top 10 or so mid, close enough that he will potentially be a trade in target in a month or so when he bottoms out. So the only reason to trade is for the next 3 weeks or so of scoring.
Benching Grey for 3 weeks and playing a rookie (for me that's Hewitt or Davis) is probably a loss of ~60ppw.
Trading recoups that point loss and makes maybe 50-70k if I trade him back in later depending on how good he comes back.
So, Ultimately is a trade worth 50k and 180pts? I'm leaning pretty heavily to yes.
I'm more inclined to this way of thinking. I think holding onto Gray just 'costs' too much.
Gray I'll hold. Sheridan lives for another week but he's not losing any value so I'm Ok with that.
Can I ask the reasoning for Holding Gray? I'm interested as I'm in the same situation.
If Gray was 2 weeks I'd be more tempting to hold. Have you traded heavily to this point?