CHICAGO – Jeff Samardzija admits that the month of July sort of sneaked up on him, which is a good thing in the world of a Major League Baseball player.
Samardzija simply is focused on preparing for his next start, which will be Thursday afternoon against the Blue Jays, and isn’t worried about will he or won’t he be traded. The right-hander and free-agent-to-be at the end of this season has become a prime target for contending teams, with at least seven innings worked in nine of his last 10 starts and seven quality starts in that stretch.