It isn’t news to Boston Red Sox fans that Quinn Priester turned out to be really, really good. The 24-year-old Priester has won a franchise-record 11-straight games for the Milwaukee Brewers. He’s 12-2 on the season for Milwaukee, and Red Sox Nation is clawing at its head and wondering, ‘why not us?’

Change-of-scenery situations like Priester’s are impossible to judge accurately with hindsight. But in Priester’s case, even if a move to Milwaukee contributed much to his newfound success, the level of that success shows without a doubt that he would have been at least moderately effective in a Red Sox uniform (probably much better than that!).

The Priester trade stings all the more because Boston could really use a starting pitcher right now who is even 60 percent of what Priester pres

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