For the first time in a long time, we have enough talent on the roster that the front office has to have a salary budget. They have to take all these guys and see how they all fit under the cap in upcoming years. So the question of trading or not trading Fowler goes a lot deeper than simply do we like him or not. The front office has to figure out how much it costs to keep him, what other players they might have to give up to keep him, and what they can get for him in a trade. But it's a matter of choices. Not just, "do we like him or not."

We have a lot of young talent that will have to he re-signed in the coming years, so trading him now a draft pick might be the best option if we can get a decent trade. It depends on the budget.

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