The Padres provided a bolt from the blue of what was a largely rote trade deadline by acquiring dominant closer Mason Miller and back-end starter J.P. Sears from the Athletics, with a four-player package headed by elite prospect Leo De Vries off to Sacramento.

It wouldn’t be a proper Trade Deadline without Padres general manager A.J. Preller making a deal that stuns the baseball world and shakes up the entire trade market. He did it again on Thursday.