More like “Just so we can actually try to make significant improvements to the team this year, including but not limited to re-signing some of our own guys.”
You don’t make this move, then you’re looking at the same team, minus Carr, minus our own free agents, plus the draft picks, and that’s about it other than maybe a handful of late near minimum salary signings in the summer.
But I’m sure the folks up in arms over this Carr thing would have all sat there with a smile on their faces while the team sat on its hands through all of free agency and not complain about us not signing anyone or doing anything to field a team.