The Tampa Bay Rays are currently 4.0 games up on the New York Yankees in the AL East, and with all other clubs well behind the Rays in the American League, they're in fantastic shape for a postseason spot.But a first-round bye is also looking promising for the Rays. All of this combines to form an interesting scenario for Tampa Bay ahead of the MLB trade deadline. And they might be ready to take advantage of this situation.According to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, the Rays are planning to be "aggressive" at the MLB trade deadline this summer for a simple reason: the wide-open American League postseason field.Rays plan to be aggressive at trade deadline due to 'wide-open' AL playoff field"'The Rays, who suddenly are seeing that the AL is wide open for the taking, plan to be aggressive buyer