The baseball world was floored on Thursday morning when the San Diego Padres pulled off the biggest blockbuster trade of the deadline after acquiring pitchers Mason Miller and JP Sears from the Athletics.
The cost, as expected, was steep. The Padres had to surrender their top prospect Leo De Vries and three others just to get the deal done. But this is the aggressive nature of Padres' GM A.J. Preller, and props to him for getting the deal done. That move, however, could be the opening the Houston Astros needed in order to pick up the phone themselves and give Preller a call.