With free agency locked down until the end of the World Series, there’s just not a lot for Red Sox fans to do right now except watch other teams play baseball. But that’s not to say there isn’t some kind of Red Sox connection in today’s games. Quinn Priester, who was dealt away at the beginning of the season only to blossom into a mainstay of the Brewers rotation, will start Game 3 against the Cubs momentarily. It’s not his first time in Wrigley Field in the postseason, though. He was there during their magical 2016 run as a fan. (Steve Megargee, Boston Globe)
Priester was traded in part because the Red Sox thought they had enough starting pitching depth in the upper minors coming into 2025. Luis Perales wasn’t one of those depth arms at the time, because he was still recovering from Tomm