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 sending All-Star closer Mason Miller to San Diego for a prospect package headlined by the No. 3 prospect in the sport.