Several members of the Cubs are not thrilled with remaining in limbo as the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline approaches. Chicago intends to keep Starlin Castro and Jeff Samardzija, while dealing veterans like Ryan Dempster, Alfonso Soriano, Geovany Soto and Carlos Marmol if they can find takers. But what about the guys in the middle? Darwin Barney found his name among published trade rumors the other day. "It's almost funny to read some of the stuff because it's so frequent," Barney said. "But it's just part of the game, and it's part of being on a team that's not necessarily in contention at this time of the year." He doesn't necessarily see it as a positive. "If anything, it just creates an unknown," Barney said. "It's not necessarily an anxiety, but it's just a feeling of what-if. But that goes away really fast because you go to the cage, start working, getting ready for your day, and it just feels like it couldn't happen. Until it does."