Wishful thinking guys.
If reports are true, and there is no reason to believe they're not, The Cancer was willing to go to Minny and play out his contract, there, without a new deal, thereby setting up his chance to shine, and then get a big money contract afterwards. We nixed that, because all they were offering was a single, 3rd day pick. Yesterday, Minny sweetened the deal. Both teams were ready to pull the trigger. Then The Cancer nixed it because he said he would no longer agree to play for Minny under the terms they had previously agreed to. (His current contract)
So, in what universe would he now all of a sudden decide he's gonna play his butt off, for us, under the existing contract, when he wouldn't do it after being moved to another team, which was his wish. It defies logic.
We cannot force him to play. If he reports, he can, and I believe will, feign injury, and not play. We have to pay him, to keep him. If not, wouldn't we have to work out an injury settlement, and then release him? Which is what he wants.
The only way to get anything close to a win, is for us to take the best offer, and ship him out.
And while I want him gone yesterday, we can certainly wait until the day before camp opens.