The trade deadline is still more than two months away, but it seems as though the Cubs will soon enter a selling period.
"It is still fairly early and you want to see these guys fight through it and hopefully get on a run," Jed Hoyer said. "At some point there is a finite amount of time between now and July 31 and every week that goes by it gets closer."
At 20-30, the Cubs are 13 games back of first place in the NL Central.
Chicago has expected trade chips in Matt Garza, David DeJesus, Scott Feldman and Alfonso Soriano.