I would think we should know real soon, if a deal can get done, or not. I doubt we'd wait until right before opening day to trade him, but I guess it's possible.
Trading him at the deadline is possible, but I have to think we'd get more, now, that at the deadline.
I hope we get a contract signed. The longer this goes on, the more I think he's a goner.
Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but it just makes too much sense to sign him, on so many levels. I'm not sure "sense" applies, today, but I'm staying hopeful.