Priester Faces Nationals: Will His Streak Continue or Come to an Unexpected Halt?

Before the season began, I wrote that I thought the Brewers would win the NL Central once again. I mentioned this because they have proved over and over again that this team is very resilient. They continue to find ways to win despite losing key pieces. The team stumbled a bit to start the season and looked like they were going to have a down year. They are now in second place and could take over the division lead by the All-Star Break. I’m not ready to say they will win, but they certainly should at least have a good chance at making the playoffs. I’m not sure what moves they can make to get much better, but this is one of the surprisingly stronger rotations in the National League. They found a gem in Quinn Priester who takes the mound today. Priester is 6-2 with a 3.59 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP. He had a strong June, going 27.1 innings and allowing just six earned runs. More importantly, the Brewers have won seven straight Priester starts, so he is putting them in position to win games. He has held Nationals hitters to just a .235 batting average against him as well.

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