The 2020 MLB season has required a lot of compromise by fans. We waited four extra months, to only get 60 games instead of 162, which we have to watch on TV because we can’t go to the ballpark. It’s working out alright for Oakland A’s fans, who get to enjoy our best team in recent memory, but it would still be even cooler to see them in person.
The trade deadline might be similarly anticlimactic. We already know the market could be tight, with few teams willing to sell, and few buyers likely to be interested in paying full rates for essentially one-month rentals.