Brewers moving Quinn Priester to rookie league to continue rehab
Brewers moving Quinn Priester to rookie league to continue rehab
Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal SentinelSat, May 30, 2026·2 min read
HOUSTON – Quinn Priester's rehab journey is taking a new course.
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy revealed on Saturday, May 30, that the right-hander, who's battled serious command issues as he attempts a comeback from thoracic outlet syndrome, will be making his starts in the immediate future with the team's rookie-level team in the Arizona Complex League.
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"We just felt like he's not getting anywhere in Triple-A right now," said Murphy. Priester in his last start at Nashville on May 27 allowed two hits, three earned runs and three walks with one strikeout over ⅔ inning and 38 pitches.
Through six starts (three at Nashville, one at Class High A Wisconsin), Priester is 0-5 with a 21.60 ERA, WHIP of 3.60 and 10 strikeouts in 10 innings.
A mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, is displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)A mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, is displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo, 1727 W Lincoln Ave., as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on May 20, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Brewers Chief Operating Officer Marti Wronski makes remarks as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations on the building of Paleteria Yayo on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Artist Aisha Valentín spray paints a memorial to Reynaldo Mexicano Jr. while finishing the mural “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations. The Milwaukee Brewers debuted the community mural, their first of the year, on the west side of Paleteria Yayo, 1727 W. Lincoln Ave., on May 20, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Artists Whitney Salgado (from left), Aisha Valentín and Luna Creative Collaborations' Katie Avila Loughmiller hold up custom Brewers jerseys as they debut their Brewers community mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica” on the west side of Paleteria Yayo, 1727 W Lincoln Ave., on May 20, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations puts the final touches on the mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created in partnership with artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado, displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Co-lead artist Aisha Valentín places their signature on the mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Co-lead artist Whitney Salgado places their signature on the mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Artists Whitney Salgado, left, and Aisha Valentín, right, places their signatures on the mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Artists Aisha Valentín (from left), Whitney Salgado and Luna Creative Collaborations' Katie Avila Loughmiller stand for a portrait as they unveil their Brewers community mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” displayed on the west side of Paleteria Yayo on May 20, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)A mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, is displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)1 / 13
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
A mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, is displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
A mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, is displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo, 1727 W Lincoln Ave., as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on May 20, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
Brewers Chief Operating Officer Marti Wronski makes remarks as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations on the building of Paleteria Yayo on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
Artist Aisha Valentín spray paints a memorial to Reynaldo Mexicano Jr. while finishing the mural “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations. The Milwaukee Brewers debuted the community mural, their first of the year, on the west side of Paleteria Yayo, 1727 W. Lincoln Ave., on May 20, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
Artists Whitney Salgado (from left), Aisha Valentín and Luna Creative Collaborations' Katie Avila Loughmiller hold up custom Brewers jerseys as they debut their Brewers community mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica” on the west side of Paleteria Yayo, 1727 W Lincoln Ave., on May 20, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations puts the final touches on the mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created in partnership with artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado, displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
Co-lead artist Aisha Valentín places their signature on the mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
Co-lead artist Whitney Salgado places their signature on the mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created by artists Aisha Valentín and Whitney Salgado in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
Artists Whitney Salgado, left, and Aisha Valentín, right, places their signatures on the mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” created in partnership with Katie Avila Loughmiller of Luna Creative Collaborations, displayed on the building of Paleteria Yayo as the Milwaukee Brewers debut their first community mural of the year on Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Brewers unveil community mural at Paleteria Yayo
Artists Aisha Valentín (from left), Whitney Salgado and Luna Creative Collaborations' Katie Avila Loughmiller stand for a portrait as they unveil their Brewers community mural titled “South Side en la Hora Magica,” displayed on the west side of Paleteria Yayo on May 20, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
"He's just spinning his wheels a little bit," Murphy continued. "Can't get himself out of the first inning, trying to find himself. If we can put him in an environment where we control it, can pull him out in the first inning and it doesn't screw up the whole deal there, we can have some latitude.
"He agreed to it. He said, 'Yeah, that's better,' and we just want to make sure that he's progressing the way we want."
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Priester was a revelation for the Brewers in 2025 after being acquired in an April trade with the Boston Red Sox and finished 13-3 with a 3.32 ERA and WHIP of 1.24 in 29 appearances (24 starts) and 157 ⅓ innings. Milwaukee won 19 straight games in which Priester pitched from May 30-Sept. 18.
He reported to spring training this year with what was believed to be a lingering wrist issue that was later determined to be thoracic outlet syndrome, a malady that in the most severe cases requires surgery to repair.
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester (46) throws in the bullpen during spring training workouts Sunday, February 15, 2026, at American Family Fields of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona.
Now, Priester will remain on a normal five-day schedule where he'll be pitching to 17- and 18-year-olds in the extreme Phoenix heat as he attempts to regain the feel for his pitches and improve his command.
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"I think it'll be a while," said Murphy. "I think we were wishful thinking when we thought he could go to Triple-A and just get it back in a month. You're dealing with nerves and things like that, and it takes a while."
Murphy was asked how Priester was dealing with the situation.
"It's killing him," he said. "He's such a competitive kid. But he's also very, very bright, and he understands, 'This is a part of my injury, and it could be this, or I could get through it.' I think we'll know in the next month if it's trending this way, especially pitching down there."
