Having circled around blockbuster deals over the past week, San Diego Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller was able to get one done by acquiring Mason Miller and J.P. Sears from the Athletics.

The San Diego Padres added hard-throwing closer Mason Miller, the New York Yankees grabbed two-time All-Star reliever David Bednar and the Toronto Blue Jays dealt for former Cy Young award winner Shane Bieber in a flurry of moves before Major League Baseball's trade deadline on Thursday.

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.