Brewers trade for RHP Quinn Priester

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

 

[Matt]

This is bumming me out.

[patrickgpe]

Big price for priester. Hopefully brewers can work their magic with him. 

[markedman5]

Spencer hates it……I know nothing about the guy

[adambr2]

Sheesh, kind of a big haul for a prospect that has really looked much more bust than boom so far. They must really be confident that they can turn Priester into something significant.

[adambr2]

If they’re doing this trade, they’re very confident that they can work magic with Priester — and they better be right. This is a significant haul for a young pitcher who hasn’t had great results so far.

[Matt]

I would have thought they could get Priester for Yophery OR the Comp pick A, but absolutely not both (in addition to the PTBNL!)

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

3 minutes ago, patrickgpe said:

Big price for priester. Hopefully brewers can work their magic with him. 

Seems like a big price to pay for a guy who hasn't shown much since being a high pick. But he is a good-sized righty who throws hard (touching 97) and is only 24. The Brewers have earned the benefit of the doubt, especially when developing pitching, so we'll see.

[Kozlowski Klub]

I trust the brewers front office when it comes to young pitchers, but this seems like a lot to give up on the surface. Comp A picks can be extremely value for a small market team that needs to build through the draft. 

[endaround]

6 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Sheesh, kind of a big haul for a prospect that has really looked much more bust than boom so far. They must really be confident that they can turn Priester into something significant.

I think its more panic than prospect shopping.

[PlayerHader]

I initially saw it was Yophery and thought it must be a decent arm, then I saw Comp pick AND PTBNL...They must really like this arm.

[sveumrules]

When the Red Sox acquired Priester last deadline they gave up former Top 100 prospect Nick Yorke.

Using last year’s Civale trade as a template we definitely gave up more value for a (currently) worse pitcher, but Priester also has way more team control left.

I guess the look for a silver lining take here is that two pitching smart organizations have targeted Priester in the last year.

Seems like this whole scenario could have been avoided by adding Shane Smith to the 40 Man in the offseason though. 

[markedman5]

 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Kind of feel like this maybe tells us a lot about how the Brewers feel about their triple A arms too...

[liveforoctober]

Oh gosh, I originally read this trade as we got Quinn AND the pick and a PTBNL for Yophery and my thought was .. "dang, I liked Yophery but cool".

I don't know much about Priester but I'm going to trust the brass.

Secondary thoughts are that the injuries to the staff are not progressing the way we want them too, which is also a deep breath moment.

 

[LouisEly]

8 minutes ago, sveumrules said:

Using last year’s Civale trade as a template we definitely gave up more value for a (currently) worse pitcher, but Priester also has way more team control left.

Yep.  B-R.com has him as not eligible for arbitration until 2028 and not a free agent until 2031.

For a halfway decent starting pitcher, that type of team and salary control will cost a lot in return.

[duewizard]

I really hate this. The Statcast numbers are unimpressive. I liked Yophery and I reaaally hate losing a lot of draft money, considering the Brewer's strategy the past few years.

Really hope this pans out. I trust the org but this one is a tough pill to swallow

[Brewer77]

Cost-controlled starting pitching is expensive. There are other avenues they could’ve explored to fill in the gaps right now, but they either really love Priester or think they’re selling high on Rodriguez to make this deal. Let’s hope it works out 

[titletownking]

I will reserve all judgment on trade, as Brewers typically know what they’re doing in terms of Arms but like most of you, losing that pick is devastating and has taken away a ton of my excitement for this draft class. Disappointing way to start the week..

[RobertCrawley]

2 minutes ago, titletownking said:

I will reserve all judgment on trade, as Brewers typically know what they’re doing in terms of Arms but like most of you, losing that pick is devastating and has taken away a ton of my excitement for this draft class. Disappointing way to start the week..

I'm with you. It seems like an awful lot of Priester, but the front office usually gets these things right. If Hook can work his magic yet again, maybe we have something. Dependable starting pitchers are rare birds.

[sveumrules]

Priester has run some pretty heavy groundball rates north of 50%.

Hard not to think of old friend Adrian Houser. All told he put up 523 IP of 94 ERA- | 97 FIP- from 2019-23 which shook out to around 6 WAR.

Unfortunately that looks more like a ceiling than a floor with what Priester has done so far in MLB.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 minute ago, RobertCrawley said:

Dependable starting pitchers are rare birds.

Especially those who are young and cost-controlled for the immediate future. 

[Frisbee Slider]

What are the odds Yophery, comp pick or PTBNL provides more than 1 WAR in big leagues? 70% chance?

[Oxy]

20 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

Secondary thoughts are that the injuries to the staff are not progressing the way we want them too, which is also a deep breath moment.

This is my thought as well.  We obviously need SP RIGHT NOW, but it seemed that by June we'd have almost too many options....unless Ashby/Woody/Hall/Civale/Cortes are out longer than we think...

[sveumrules]

5 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

What are the odds Yophery, comp pick or PTBNL provides more than 1 WAR in big leagues? 70% chance?

Lower than that I’d say looking at this recent article on prospect outcomes at FanGraphs.

Yophery was a 40+ FV on their midseason list (2025 list isn’t out yet).

Looking at the table in the article a 45 FV hitter had a 51% washout rate.