Brewers acquire Quinn Priestter – MLB Trade Rumors

The Brewers and the Red Sox announced a business sending the right -hander Quinn prayer From Boston to Milwaukee. In return, the SOX receives a perspective Yophery RodriguezA competitive balance around a choice of draft in this year’s draft and a player who will be appointed later or considerations in cash. Hunter Noll of Beyond the Monster and Bosox Injection reported the agreement before the official announcement. Left -handed Grant Wolfram was appointed for assignment by the Brewers to open a place of 40 men, according to Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Prayer, 24, is a former first -round choice and a notable perspective. The pirates took him 18th in the general classification in 2019. While climbing the minor league scale, he was considered one of the best young players in the League. Baseball America ranked it hope n ° 58 in baseball in 2022 and # 88 in 2023. He was returned to Boston on the deadline last summer, an exchange of one for a right that sent Nick Yorke in the other direction.

Despite his pedigree, he has not yet pierced at the level of the major league. Between the pirates and the Red Sox, he has 99 2/3 rounds launched in the large leagues with an average deserved points of 6.23. Its 15.2% withdrawal rate is much lower than by and its 9% walking rate is close to the average, although its 55.2% ground ball rate is strong enough.

The work of minor leagues was stronger. He launched 184 Triple-A rounds since the beginning of 2023 to the present day. His ERA 4.16 is not particularly impressive, but it is better. It has a 25.8% withdrawal rate in this sample and a walking rate of 8.5%. He kept more than half of the balls at stake on the ground. Its average in the stick of .318 on the balls at stake and the 66.9% component rate are both unhappy, which is why its 3.44 FIP seems much more acceptable than its time.

Brewers have a strong reputation to work with launchers, having helped a lot to reach their complete potential. Given the history of Priestter and intriguing minor league numbers, it would not be a surprise to see him do notable measures in Milwaukee. He has less than a year of service, there will therefore be long -term advantages if they can help him.

On the other hand, this also seems to be a high price to pay and a reflection of the current pitching situation in Milwaukee. They currently have seven starters on the injured list, some of whom will probably not come back in the short term. Brandon Woodruff I missed all the 2024 surgery recovering from shoulder surgery and goes up on its way. Robert Gasser had Tommy John surgery in June and will not be available in the first half. Hall DL To a tense lat and is also on the list of wounded 60 days alongside Gasser, which means that it is not close to a return. Tobias Myers And Aaron Ashby are both on the shelf with oblique strains. CIVAL AARON has a strain of hamstrings. Nestor Cortes landed on the Il yesterday with a flexor stump.

That everything leaves Freddy Peralta As the only healthy member of the project projected from the club. To spread staff around him, the club had to go deep into its alternatives. Tyler Alexander was to start the season in a swing role, but went up in the board. Elvin Rodríguez Ploqua in Japan last year, mainly in relief. He signed with the Brewers in winter, but had options and had to start the season with minors before injuries. Chad Patrick I have just been added to 40 years in November and was also projected for triple-a rotation until the bodies continue to drop.

While injuries accumulated in the spring, the brewers signed Jose QuintanaAlthough he has not yet been able to help them. Due to his late departure, he agreed to be optional in order to effectively do delayed spring training and is still built. Priests could jump directly into the rotation of the big league this week, while his last outing launched four triple-A rounds on April 7. There remains a year of option, so that it can be sent to minors if other launchers are healthy in the coming months and is pushed in hierarchical order.

It is generally difficult to obtain immediate rotation assistance on the commercial block during this time of year. Most clubs still believe that they have a chance of competition, especially in the era of widened playoffs, and probably want to keep a stable of robust weapons at hand. The high rate of hole injuries in modern game only improve the need, because the teams know that they will need much more than five starters to spend a season.

But the Red Sox apparently needs to pray much less than when they have acquired it. During the offseason, they made some notable additions to the rotation mixture. They have acquired Garrett Crochet White Sox and signed Walker Buehler. They also signed Patrick SandovalAlthough he recovers from UCL surgery and is still a few months old to join their rotation.

The SOX had to start 2025 with Brayan Bello,, Lucas Giolito And Kutter crawford On the injured list, but that was not enough to bring Prayer to the big leagues. They started the season with the hook, Buehler, Tanner Houck,, Richard Fitts And Sean Newcomb in rotation. Cooper Criswell And Hunter Dobbins Also on the list of 40 men and capable of working in long-term roles or in triple-a rotation.

Bello and Giolito are in rehabilitation and should be with the Big League Club in the week or the next two. They should place in the following two hooks, Buehler and Houck. Dobbins is already back in Triple-A after being the 27th man in double head yesterday. If the SOXs want to keep Newcomb, they could move it to the enclosure of the lifts while optioning Fitts and Criswell. As mentioned, Sandoval could be in the mix later in the year.

It is a fairly healthy amount of depth of rotation even without taking precedence, which apparently allowed SOX to feel comfortable moving, even with the risk that new injuries throughout the season can reduce this depth.

As mentioned, most clubs are not very willing to separate from the notable starting depth at the start of the season, so the Brewers paid to get from Boston. The project to choose the reception of SOX will be the 33rd global selection this summer. This comes with a slit value of around 2.77 million dollars, by Carlos Collazo of Baseball America. It is a very good chance to add young talents to the system in a few months.

They also add young talents to the system today, obtaining Rodriguez and perhaps another player later. As for Rodriguez, it was a notable international signature of the Dominic Republic, the Brewers giving it a signature bonus of 1.5 million. So far he has played 165 professional games between the Dominican summer league, Single-A and High-A. It has a combined striking line of .254 / .361 / .408 at that time.

Baseball America ranked it prospect No. 14 from Milwaukee during the year. They note that it is likely to be moved from the central field in a corner over time, which will put more pressure on its bat to transport the profile.

However, from the point of view of the SOX, it looks like a beautiful business. Priter did not seem to be in their short -term plans. He was about to be out of options next year and maybe on the right track to be eliminated the list. By pressing the trigger today, they have subtracted a depth piece but added notable future talents.

For the Brewers, despite all their injuries, they are suspended in the race with a 5-5 file. Prayer can, hopefully, help them stay afloat and has a future ceiling, given his past pedigree. If he clicks, he can also be a long -term solution for them. Cortes, Civil, Woodruff, Alexander and Quintana are planned for the free agency after this year. Peralta has a club option for 2026 but will be a free agent after that.

Wolfram, 28, was a somewhat surprising signature in winter. He had previously spent his career with minors with the Rangers, but reached the free agency after 2024. The Brewers gave him a place of 40 men in December, although he is still looking for his debut in the major league. He was called yesterday when Cortes landed on Il but was optionized after the match.

Brewers will now have a week of DFA limbo to understand the next step for him. The renunciation process lasts 48 hours, so any commercial interest should be assessed in the next five days. Perhaps a club could be interested according to his work as a minor league, which probably caught the eye of the brewers. In the years which followed a cancellation of minors in 2020, Wolfram launched 249 minor league rounds with an MPM of 3.94. It has a high market rate of 12.2% during this period, but also struck 29.6% of opponents.

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