I am. I never really thought it was "dead" to begin with. I think Hendry told Towers to shelve the talks for Peavy until later in the offseason when he could swing a decent trade for Marquis. If Towers found another trading partner for Peavy, then go for it. But I think from Peavys perspective, he was telling Towers "the Cubs or nothing." JMO I need someone more besides Bruce Levine's speculation before I'm a believer. The Bradley and Marquis things have other sources. The Peavy thing doesn't. What about Dan Hayes saying the teams were still talking last week? Or the Rosenthal report that talks would be revisited if/when they got some payroll things figured out with new ownership? Or just the fact that it would've been stupid for the Cubs to walk away completely when they held the majority of the cards in this. The opening of a spot in the rotation (granted, we have guys like Marshall and Guz) may (or may not) suggest that we intend to acquire another SP. Well, anything may (or may not) mean anything...lol I did not see the Hayes report, but I'm going to still remain skeptical. I'm not saying it won't happen this offseason, but I'm not taking rumors at face value at this point.