A most unusual 2020 Major League Baseball season comes with an equally unusual trade deadline. After 4 p.m. on Monday, August 31, teams will no longer be able to make in-season deals. This means that teams have had just over a month to decide whether they're going to be buyers or sellers.
The Cleveland Indians sit at 20-12 and are tied for first place in the AL Central. Theoretically, they should be buyers at the deadline, but recent buzz indicates that they're willing to let starting pitcher Mike Clevinger go at the right price.
According to MLB Network's Jon Heyman, that price isn't going to be cheap, though, and a deal may be more likely in the winter:
Jon HeymanClevinger is definitely being talked about in trade scenarios.