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.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/02/tom-krasovic-early-faith-in-a-j-preller-continues-to-pay-off-for-padres/ (Tom Krasovic - U-T) More from gaslampball.com:

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.