The 2020 Major League Baseball season is essentially a sprint to the playoffs. The season is barely a month old, and we're already closing in on the August 31 trade deadline.
The problem with this year's trade deadline is that with so few games in the books, only a handful of teams truly feel out of playoff contention. We may not see the series of fire sales that often accompany the end of the trading period.
This doesn't mean that teams won't be trying to buy, however. Kansas City Royals reliever Trevor Rosenthal, for example, is a hot commodity, according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.