Red Sox deal righthander Quinn Priester to the Brewers for minor league outfielder Yophery Rodriguez
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Dobbins
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Between Dobbins and Fitts, Sox manager
Alex Cora
said the organization was satisfied with the options in its rotation.
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'We saw one option yesterday and he was really good,' Cora said. 'We're going to see one tonight [Fitts] and he's a good pitcher. And we've got two in Triple A. So I think that's kind of like trading from a power point, whatever you call it. That's our strength now.
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Rodriguez, 19, was one of Milwaukee's top 15 prospects. The lefthanded hitter from the Dominican Republic has a .254 average with a .769 OPS over 165 minor league games. He was 5 for 12 with a double and triple in three games for High A Wisconsin this season.
Per one evaluator, Rodriguez controls the strike zone well and has advanced bat-to-ball skills with emerging power that suggests he will have major league value. He has played primarily center field in the minors but could ultimately move to a corner.
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For Priester, this is the second time he has been traded in eight months. The Red Sox acquired him from the Pirates in July for infielder
Priester, a first-round pick by the Pirates in 2019, is 6-9 with a 6.23 ERA in 21 major league games (15 starts). The Brewers, who have been hit hard by injuries to their pitching staff, had an immediate need for a healthy arm.
'I think as an organization, we've got to do what's best for the organization,' Cora said. 'He's a good kid. He did everything that we asked him to do in the offseason. He came to spring training a lot stronger. He had a good spring training, but this is where we're at now.'
The trade was first reported by Hunter Noll of Beyond The Monster.
Stock returns
The Worcester Red Sox were getting ready to fly back Sunday from Jacksonville, Fla. Robert Stock was texting with his wife. WooSox manager Chad Tracy had some news for Stock — the Red Sox were calling him up to the majors for the first time since 2021 — but the 'Fasten your seatbelt' sign was on, so Tracy couldn't get up to tell him.
Tracy's only option was to shoot Stock a text.
'He's like, 'I've never called someone up from a text before,' ' Stock said. ' 'But this is the reality.' '
Stock gave himself 30 seconds to enjoy the moment. After a five-year journey that took him from the minors to Korea to Mexico, Stock returned as a different pitcher with a different focus
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'It's like, OK, but I need to go up and do my best to stay,' he said.
The righthander transformed himself from an overhand pitcher with a conventional pitch-mix to a side-arming sinker-baller. It started in 2023, when the Brewers signed him and asked if he wanted to learn how to throw sinkers.
'I had never done it before,' he said. 'I loved that idea, but I was really bad at it.'
He spent months in Triple A, but reps were few and far between, so he asked to be released to find places where he could get innings.
He threw for the Long Island Ducks in the independent Atlantic League, the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos in Mexico's independent league and Naranjeros de Hermosillo in the Mexican Pacific Winter League
'As often as I'd take the ball, they'd let me,' he said. 'That's exactly what I needed. And over time, my arm slot dropped to throw a sidearm and that really ticked my stuff up and I'm glad that that just accidentally happened.'
Mr. $500 million
While it has yet to be officially announced, Cora applauded the deal.
'If it's true, great for him,' Cora said. 'I mean, he had a whole country behind that contract. I think it's good for the franchise. It's good for baseball. The guy's also unique at what he does, and he enjoys the game. You see him play and it's amazing. If it happens, good for him.'
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