The Boston Red Sox exchanged a higher level starting launcher on the Brewers short of injuries on Monday. Boston sent the right -hander Quinn Prayer to the Brewers of Milwaukee in exchange for the 19 -year -old voltiseur Yophery Rodriguez, a choice of round recovery of 2025 (n ° 33), and a player to be appointed later or to considerations in cash.
The Red Sox acquired PRIESTER of Pittsburgh on the commercial deadline last year in exchange for the first round in 2020, Nick Yorke. During the offseason, Priestter emerged as a depth option for the rotation of the Red Sox and the beginning of spring had the chance to win a place of rotation of the Red Sox when the injuries put aside Brayan Bello, Lucas Giolito and Kutter Crawford. However, Priestter had trouble for consistency this spring and was optionized in Triple-A Worcester.
The Brewers desperately needed more depth of pitching because their staff was ravaged by injuries to Nestor Cortes, Aaron Civale, Tobias Myers, Aaron Ashby, Brandon Woodruff, DL Hall and Robert Gasser.
Priter, 24 years old, granted two points in four rounds during his first departure this season at Triple A and has a career of 6.23 MPM (69 ER / 99 2/3 IP) in 21 career matches in career (15 departures) with the Pirates (2023-24) and Red Sox (2024).
As for the return of Boston, Rodriguez, who was assigned to High-A Greenville after the agreement, ranked like Athletics“SN ° 8 Prospect brewers. The left-handed striker appeared in three games for High-A Wisconsin, making three departures in the central and striking field .417 (5-for-12). Signed by Milwaukee as an international free agent in January 2023, the native of the Dominican Republic reached 0.254 (155 for 610) with 37 doubles, nine triples and 13 circuits, as well as 19 stolen bases, in 165 minor career matches.
The addition of a choice of draft in 2025 after the first round is also a boon for the Red Sox.
Keith Law on what Quinn PRIESTER needs to improve with the brewers
The problem of Priestter is that his four runners is a quick bullet in stick practice at this stage. Strikers destroy it. He went more lead last year, and that helped a little, but he is still too much to the north-south, without pitch which moves a lot horizontally and an approach which allows the strikers to slide and concentrate on the central part of the area. The curve ball could be an exterior for him and he felt a change. The Brewers have successfully completed the development of pitch in recent times, and I would expect them to add or modify land to pray so that it can start for them.
Law on the return of Red Sox
Rodriguez has an important advantage as a striker, with the speed of bats and potentially more power on the road, but at the moment, he is a pirate on the plate, and I think that the best hitch, even this year at the top A, could eat it alive. The choice of additional draft is probably just as precious, given the depth of this year’s university class.
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