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.

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.

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.