One of the SSs is realistic.
Verlander or deGrom probably is not.
Rodon borderline realistic but can’t see Hoyer going big total dollars for a pitcher with injury history like Rodon.
Expectations are for one of the SSs.
Raised matter of perception of successful/unsuccessful off-season because wonder if this might have some actual influence on Hoyer. If he signs a SS, Cubs can claim a successful off-season. One might think that kind of perception benefits Hoyer in comparison to a no-SS unsuccessful perception off-season.
Maybe Hoyer never thinks in those terms, who knows, but hoping it influences him to the point that he actually signs one of these guys.