But, with a strong roster, the Padres look well set up to make a run. However, for ESPN MLB writer Bradford Doolittle, there's one thing he remains concerned about after the trade deadline: the team's history without a championship.

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 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.