According to a report from Ken Rosenthal, that was not a price tag the New York Yankees were willing to meet for the A’s closer. He writes, "The Yankees were unwilling to satisfy the A’s request for a package headed by either shortstop George Lombard Jr.

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. So how did the Padres end up with the best reliever at the trade deadline?