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Cary-Grove graduate Quinn Priester is on the move and will play for his second major-league organization after the right-handed pitcher was traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Boston Red Sox on Monday, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Priester, 23, was traded in a one-for-one deal for infield prospect Nick Yorke, according to multiple reports.
The MLB trade deadline is at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Trade news: The Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates are finalizing a deal that will send right-handed starter Quinn Priester to Boston and infield prospect Nick Yorke to Pitttsburgh, sources tell ESPN.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 29, 2024
Priester, who graduated from C-G in 2019, was taken with the 18th pick by the Pirates in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft and made his MLB debut last season.
He picked up his first win in his second major-league start last year, outdueling San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish.
In 10 appearances for the Pirates this year, Priester was 2-6 with a 5.04 ERA, 1.46 WHIP and 31 strikeouts over 44 2/3 innings. In his career, Priester has a 5-9 record in 20 appearances (14 starts), with a 6.46 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 94 2/3 innings.
Priester (6-foot-3, 210 pounds) was the 2019 Northwest Herald Baseball Player of the Year, going 8-2 during his senior season with the Trojans with a 1.16 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 60 1/3 innings. He also was named the Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year, and he started on the Trojans’ 2018 Class 6A state champion in football.