The San Diego Padres made a lot of moves at the trade deadline, but one of their smaller moves looks to be better than anybody expected.

When the work was finished, and five trades involving 22 players had been executed within six hours, A.J. Preller's peers called him everything from a "lunatic" to a "genius," a divergence befitting Major League Baseball's most polarizing executive.

With just hours remaining until the Major League Baseball trade deadline, the San Diego Padres and Athletics have pulled off a massive stunner, with the A's sen