If we offer the best deal they'll bite. They aren't going to trade Buerhle for a worse combination of players just to spite us. Why would we want to trade for a rental? He isn't that big of a difference maker. Also, there's a microscopic chance he'd sign with the Cubs (he's basically said that the Cubs are the last team he'd like to play for) so, we'd be giving away players with years to go before arbitration to our intracity rivals. That's Karchner for Garland part deux. Besides, there are plenty of teams with higher ceiling prospects... The problem the Sox are facing now, and one of the reasons why they have sought to extend Buehrle, is teams aren't willing to part with ML ready and or top prospects for him (unless they are guaranteed to sign him longterm). If you read my posts, you'd know that I don't think we should.