2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[StepBackJay]

The JRich Matrix looks like this:

Option                     Path to Improvement
JRich Opt-in/Stays:   MLE
JRich Opt-in/Trade:   Trade Return for JRich + MLE

JRich Opt-out:          Cap Room + RMLE (cap room may be limited with recent play of THJ)
JRich Opt-out/S&T:   Trade Return for JRich + RMLE

1. What can you get in trade for JRich?
2. Who is more valuable than JRich among the MLE candidates? 

Ya not sure who is more valuable in terms of MLE, I feel like full MLE is his value so the fact that you can pay him a little more with an opt-in and extend is an advantage. You can probably get a decent rotation player for J Rich but I might rather have J Rich all things considered. I think there is a better than 50% chance that you can either keep J Rich or get a player back for him.

I just don't see this cap room thing playing out because of the rise of THJ. Once it became clear THJ was going to play out of his mind then there is just little incentive to try to monkey with cap space.