Quinn Priester Sent Back to Injured List After Rehab Setback

Quinn Priester is back on the injured list after the Milwaukee Brewers pulled him off his rehab assignment on May 4. The 25-year-old right-hander said his shoulder did not quite feel right, and the move pauses his comeback from thoracic outlet syndrome.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Priester had shoulder soreness and that the club moved quickly after the setback. Murphy said the team wanted him evaluated by its pitching group before building him back up again.

Brewers reset Quinn Priester

Priester was returned from his rehab assignment and placed on the injured list on the same day the Brewers activated Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn. The roster move leaves Priester back where he started before those three rehab outings, with no timetable set for his return to throwing or the mound.

Murphy said, “We felt like pulling him off right now was the best thing.” He also said, “To get here. He agreed. Get him here, get him looked at, get our [pitching] group on him.”

Three rehab starts for Priester

Before the setback, Priester made three starts in recovery from thoracic outlet syndrome. Across those outings, he worked five innings, allowed nine runs, walked eight batters and struck out five.

The numbers mattered because the results did not match the return the Brewers wanted from a rehabbing pitcher. Priester’s sinker sat around 91 mph during the assignment, below the 93 mph he averaged with the pitch last year.

Murphy on shoulder soreness

Murphy said, “He had some shoulder soreness.” He added that Priester did not feel injured again in long-term terms and viewed the issue as a setback, not a new diagnosis.

Murphy also said, “It’s obviously related,” and, “The shoulder can be affected by the TOS.” That keeps the focus on how the shoulder and thoracic outlet syndrome are tied together as the Brewers evaluate him and then try to rebuild him on a new program.