The Milwaukee Brewers’ commerce with the Boston Purple Sox early within the season flew beneath the radar.
The Brewers acquired former high prospect Quinn Priester from the Purple Sox, sending outfield prospect Yophery Rodriguez to Boston on April 7. Pitching prospect John Holobetz was despatched to the Purple Sox on May 5 to finish the commerce.
Priester had been expected to be a top-of-the-rotation arm, lauded for his athleticism and plus fastball and curve. Nonetheless, he struggled throughout his time within the majors in 2023 and 2024, posting a mixed 6.23 ERA and a 1.555 WHiP over 99.2 innings, placing out 69 batters with 41 walks whereas serving up 19 residence runs. Regardless of a strong outing in his solely look for the Purple Sox, Priester remained in Triple-A as nothing greater than pitching depth.
That modified along with his arrival in Milwaukee. He has exceeded expectations, both as a standard starter or following an opener. Priester has posted a 3.15 ERA and a 1.190 WHiP over his 114.1 innings for the Brewers, placing out 93 batters with 38 walks. Opponents have mustered a meager .228/.294/.382 batting line in 471 plate appearances with simply 13 homers.
The Brewers’ 64-48 report getting into Tuesday is the very best within the majors regardless of a nondescript rotation. Whereas Freddy Peralta is a top-of-the-rotation arm in his personal proper, employees ace Brandon Woodruff missed all of 2024 and many of the first half of 2025. Pitchers reminiscent of Chad Patrick, Tobias Myers and Jose Quintana are back-of-the-rotation arms at this level. The Brewers wanted somebody to step up, with Priester being the unlikely hero.
Pitchers Paul Skenes and Zack Wheeler are the prohibitive favorites to win the Nationwide League Cy Younger Award. BetMGM doesn’t have Priester listed as one of many 10 most probably candidates to take residence the {hardware}.
Nonetheless, Priester’s efficiency, coupled with the Brewers’ success this season, is worthy of consideration. If he can proceed to carry out at this stage, Priester deserves at the least some consideration on the poll.
