At the end of the day, it will be Cole's choice. This team just feels a lot like the 2014 Cubs and you'd have to think that would be enticing for anyone. You have a great offense already in place, 3 legacy players (4 counting Gurriel) with tons of control, plenty of payroll space and a beatable Red Sox team.
We also don't really know if Cole is anti-Canada. Chances are, we won't land him but I'll be disappointed if we aren't a frontrunner. Cole and Roark would get us extremely close to a playoff team. Sign Moustakas for third and that's playoffs.