The Major League Baseball trade deadline is always a fun day for fans, whether their club is a buyer, a seller or somewhere in the middle. When the club is scuffling, as is the 2020 edition of the Pirates, it’s fun to predict who might be on the block and what those players might bring in the way of hope for the future – rebuilding blocks, so to speak. When the club is contending, it’s a different ballgame. In that scenario, you might be taking those so-called future hopes and cashing them in for players capable of helping to secure a playoff spot or even a championship.