Jason Hammel, who will be a free agent after this season, is open to returning to the Chicago Cubs if he's traded over the next five weeks.

"I would assume they are pretty happy with my body of work so far and if a trade happens it happens," Hammel said. "But I guarantee, say I was to go to another team, I love it here. I guarantee you they wouldn't be opposed to bringing me back next year."

Hammel is 6-5 with a 2.99 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 96.1 innings this season.