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Priester

Yorke had fallen in the pecking order of Red Sox prospects after two mediocre seasons and also started the 2024 season off by hitting just .251 with four home runs and eight steals in 45 games at Double-A. However, the Red Sox moved up him to Triple-A where he has been on a tear, slashing .310/.408/.490 with six home runs in 38 games. It may simply just be a hot streak, but his exit velocities have been above average for the level, and his approach is solid. However, his defense remains a question mark at second base and he had gotten some playing time in left field recently. Given his struggles the last two seasons and the Red Sox’s glut of middle infield prospects, they felt fine moving on from him to get a young pitcher with multiple years of control. Where the Pirates see Yorke fitting is the next question.

Priester was immediately assigned to Triple-A Worcester. On the surface, this seems like a weird trade for the Red Sox since Priester has a 6.46 career ERA in 94 2/3 MLB innings; however, he was a former top-100 prospect who is still just 23 years old. Priester has a good sinker and slider but struggles with his four-seamer. Since Boston throws the fewest four-seam fastballs in baseball, it seems likely that they will dial back Priester’s usage of the pitch and try to focus on his strengths. This feels like an organization betting on its ability to “fix” a struggling former prospect, and given what Craig Breslow and Andrew Bailey have done with the pitching staff in 2024, it might not be a bad idea for them to be on themselves. However, for fantasy purposes, that might make Priester more relevant in 2025 than 2024.

Priester was electric in this one. His devastating slider led the way for him with seven swings-and-misses as his primary pitch while his sinker, four-seam fastball, changeup, and curveball all mixed in beautifully. This was also the fourth time in six appearances he’s completed six innings. Priester is picking up momentum as a possible streamer moving forward.

Priester is off the injured list after missing close to a month with a right lat strain. The right-hander has made six starts for the Pirates and could be the bulk arm for Pittsburgh for Tuesday’s contest against the Brewers. Edward Olivares was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding transaction.

No word yet on the severity of the issue, but Priester could probably use some time to reset after getting knocked around in his last few outings at the big-league level. The 23-year-old former top prospect has struggled to a bloated 4.83 ERA, 1.55 WHIP and 20/10 K/BB ratio across 31 2/3 innings (six starts) for the Pirates this season, but has put up encouraging numbers back at Triple-A Indianapolis.

Nothing Priester did fooled the Blue Jays in this one as they had 12 hard-hit balls and were on everything. Priester is yet to be effective as a major league pitcher and will need to find some way to complement his fantastic slider in order to do so. The loss was his fifth of the season without a win.

Priester will get the ball as expected to take the rotation spot of Martin Perez, with Perez on the injured list due to a groin strain. Priester has registered a 4.33 ERA and 17/10 K/BB over his 27 innings across five starts. There’s some long-term upside in his right arm, but fantasy managers shouldn’t rush out to add him to their roster.

As expected, he’ll take the place of the injured Martin Perez (groin) in the Bucs’ rotation. Priester has made five starts already for the Pirates this season, posting a 4.33 ERA, 1.52 WHIP and a 17/10 K/BB ratio over 27 frames. He’s not a recommended streaming option on Sunday.

As expected, Pérez will miss at least two weeks while he deals with the groin injury that caused him to leave his start Sunday versus Atlanta. Pittsburgh didn’t add a pitcher as the corresponding transaction, but they’ll need to make a move to replace the southpaw in the rotation. Quinn Priester is likely that arm.

The Pirates will go back to a five-man rotation for now. Priester had an adequate 4.33 ERA in his five starts, but that came with just 17 strikeouts and seven homers allowed in 27 innings.