Mason Miller is right in the middle of the National League wild-card race as a member of the San Diego Padres, but he was reportedly almost part of the same race with a different team.

In a move that stunned the baseball world, the San Diego Padres traded for elite closer Mason Miller from the Athletics despite the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and New York Mets pushing hard for him.

The Athletics traded closer Mason Miller to the San Diego Padres ahead of the deadline, but they did not see the deal coming.

It was a wild MLB trade deadline as several stars changed teams, some in shocking fashion. The San Diego Padres,

The dust is still settling on one of the busier trade deadline days in recent memory, but it's time to reset the MLB landscape for the final two months of the season with our first weekly power rankings since the line between buyers and sellers became abundantly clear on Thursday.

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