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.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/padres as Padres Named Big Winner of MLB Trade Deadline After Shocking Moves. The San Diego Padres had a sensational trade deadline.

Rumors suggest that the San Diego Padres made a strong push for left-handed pitcher MacKenzie Gore before the MLB trade deadline.