There was a different kind of silence in Truist Park on Monday night. Not the awkward kind that follows a missed scoring chance, but the heavy, stunned quiet that comes when a team’s offense has no answers. The Braves, one of baseball’s loudest lineups, were left whispering at the plate. And the pitcher responsible for it? Not Freddy Peralta. Not Brandon Woodruff. Not even Jacob Misiorowski, who’s still working his way back.
It was Quinn Priester, the 24-year-old right-hander, who’s gone from midseason afterthought to full-blown nightmare for NL Central rivals. With seven innings of two-hit ball, he baffled Atlanta’s hitters in a 3-1 win, marking his 10th straight winning decision, a run that now puts him in the Brewers franchise record. He didn’t overpower with flash, but he smothered the zone with confidence, command, and a sinker that forced grounders like clockwork.
“Other than Jurickson Profar jumping the first pitch of the game, this guy did exactly what we’ve seen Quinn do, get the ball hit on the ground, power sinker, and you can just see the confidence,” Jake Peavy said on MLB Network. “He looks like an athlete out there… It’s oozing out of him.”
Quinn Priester’s last 12 games:
10-0 W-L
69.2 IP
2.45 ERA
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And that’s been the story. Since stepping into the rotation amid Misiorowski’s absence, Priester hasn’t just filled a spot; he’s seized the opportunity. Over his last 12 starts, he’s thrown 69.2 innings with a 2.45 ERA, walking a fine line between quiet dominance and elite efficiency. This isn’t some hot streak; it’s the emergence of a pitcher who believes he belongs.
What makes the Brewers especially dangerous now is how Priester has extended the depth of an already wicked rotation. Add him to a healthy Woodruff, an electric Peralta, and a ticking Misiorowski return, and Milwaukee’s pitching doesn’t just hold up, it leads the charge.
Mark DeRosa put it plainly: “Everyone’s starting to get to know who the Milwaukee Brewers are and what they’re about.”
They’re not the scrappy underdog. They’re not surviving injuries. They’re building something brutal, and Quinn Priester is right in the middle of it.
For the rest of the NL Central, that should feel less like a stat line and more like a warning.
Brewers’ Priester shakes off first-pitch homer to dominate Braves
Quinn Priester didn’t flinch. That first pitch didn’t exactly go as planned. Jurickson Profar sent it soaring over the right field wall. You’d think the Braves would’ve been set to run wild. But Quinn Priester had ideas. He brushed it off. Got back to work. What happened next was pretty impressive. Priester didn’t let anything faze him. He only gave up one more hit over the seven innings. He kept the Braves guessing with a mix of sinkers and cutters, all while looking utterly confident on the mound.
When he finally left the game after 90 pitches, the Brewers were up 3-1. Not a day’s work for Priester, who picked up his win of the season and improved to 11-2. He threw well, striking out four guys and giving up two walks. The Braves came in on a roll. Priester cooled them off in a hurry. They just couldn’t get anything going against him. His ability to induce weak contact set the tone, and his rhythm with catcher William Contreras never wavered. This wasn’t just damage control; it was pure damage prevention.
Atlanta simply couldn’t capitalize. Despite a few scattered baserunners, they stranded six and finished with just three total hits. Ozzie Albies’ five-game hitting streak came to a halt, and the Braves didn’t register a strikeout until the seventh inning, a stat that underscored how often Priester forced them into early contact. It was the kind of outing that wins series, silences crowds, and turns heads in the NL Central.
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