THE PADRES AND GM A.J. PRELLER  A.J. Preller led off our list of the MLB's biggest deadline winners and losers. The Padres' veteran GM was a slam dunk deadline winner after acquiring former Athletics closer Mason Miller (and lefty JP Spears) for four prospects that includes Leo De Vries,

After a wild final day, the 2025 MLB trade deadline is in the books. The San Diego Padres and Houston Astros made surprising moves that rocked the deadline. The Seattle Mariners went big in their quest for the first World Series trip in franchise history. And the Minnesota Twins, well, left us scrambling to see who is still left on their roster.

This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. A.J. Preller reminded us who he is, Twins fans will not want to be reminded of anything about this day and we learned that 36 trades in one day (a record!