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.

No one can accuse the San Diego Padres and their General Manager AJ Preller of being boring. Preller and the Padres completed multiple trades and improved a playoff-positioned roster by adding to areas of need and areas of strength through multiple moves on deadline day.