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.

Morosi thinks that the addition of Fermin is a difference maker, and it's his favorite deal that A.J. Preller made at the deadline. It's not the Mason Miller blockbuster, which brought one of the most electric closers to San Diego. It's the trade for Fermin.

In the time between breakfast and lunch on the West Coast, Preller, the San Diego Padres' frenetic general manager, acquired eight players and parted with 14 others. He landed ano