re: What is our cap situation for next year now that we unloaded BI?

I want to trade him so we can upgrade. I refuse to be content with mediocrity. I'd rather attempt to upgrade > keep a career backup fan favorite because he's a career backup fan favorite.

Its really not that complicated. If y'all weren't so one sided as to keeping him then this would be easily understandable.

The worst part is that y'all want to keep him for the hell of it even if he actually means very little to our success. Why because he's a fan favorite?

These are the exact reasons other franchises laugh at us and then trade high valued players to get better or contend.

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you are arguing Jose is average yet also arguing you want to trade him so that we can upgrade the position. That doesn’t really add up

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Wow just wow....

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if he’s average we won’t get a return that’s upgrade worthy

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Let me make this really simple.
1 average player = 1 average player.
There is 0% chance of upgrading by keeping him.

1 open roster spot = a chance at an upgrade.

I never said we will upgrade immediately. But I'd much rather TRY to upgrade > keep an average player because he's energetic while our team loses by 10 points.....

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I want to trade him so we can upgrade. I refuse to be content with mediocrity. I'd rather attempt to upgrade > keep a career backup fan favorite because he's a career backup fan favorite.

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I actually thought you were doing this just to be a contrarian and argue just to argue. But I'm now beginning to think you're just really clueless. You apparently assume trading Jose is going to bring back some kind of significant return. You argue essentially that he's meaningless, refuse to acknowledge the obvious intangible he provides, but then seem to think he's a valuable trade piece that we have to unload. What is it? Is he mediocre? If so, then what return do you think other teams will give us for a mediocre backup player? Numerous people on this board, me included, have stated that if Jose is included as a piece in some type of meaningful trade, then do it. Otherwise, why unload a rotation guy (on a cheap contract) for a second round pick that, on average, isn't likely to get you a rotation player. Again, this just isn't that hard.

I think he’s arguing just to argue at this point. He’s basically just saying we know what Jose is, we don’t know what we could get for him so we might as well take the chance.