It wasn’t like, ’Hey, make me a starter or I get traded,’ ” Montgomery said. “It wasn’t that black and white. It was just, ’Hey, I want to be a starter.’….

Yu Darvish would seem to bump Montgomery back into his swingman spot, yet that hasn’t changed his feelings about remaining a Cub. I think it’s obvious I want to do that, and I think it’s just a matter of time and place and situation.” Chicago’s addition ofwould seem to bump Montgomery back into his swingman spot, yet that hasn’t changed his feelings about remaining a Cub.