As All-Star break ends, Cubs trade watch begins

Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer is gearing up for his second trade deadline at the helm. (Jon Durr/Getty Images)

A less experienced Chris Martin would have been pondering his fate as the calendar hurtled toward the trade deadline.

“I’ve been in this situation before,” the Cubs reliever told the Sun-Times. “I’ve been in clubhouses before when guys have been traded. I’ve been around it a bunch, so no, at this point I’m not thinking about it.”