When the work was finished, and five trades involving 22 players had been executed within six hours, A.J. Preller's peers called him everything from a "lunatic" to a "genius," a divergence befitting Major League Baseball's most polarizing executive.

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View the play-by-play for the St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres game played on August 03, 2025 including descriptions for each play in the game.