But Preller, like Beane before him, prefers to focus on what he gets rather than what he gives, and how this year's prize, Miller, joins Justin Upton, Craig Kimbrel, Blake Snell, Yu Darvish, Joe Musgrove, Josh Hader, Juan Soto, Dylan Cease, Luis Arráez and Tanner Scott -- players who came back in deals and, in varying ways, made the Padres matter.

The Padres got an "A" grade from the MLB insider, and he had some high praise for the second-place team in the NL West.

Now that you’ve had time to catch your breath after the MLB trade deadline, are you feeling better, worse or about the same about your team’s moves? This chaotic trade deadline will be most remembered as one in which sellers received strong prospect packages for proven,