The Milwaukee Brewers are just three weeks away from Opening Day, but right-hander Quinn Priester may not be ready to take the mound by then. 

Priester, 25, may have the beginning of his sixth MLB season delayed by a wrist issue that has been nagging him since last season. The Brewers have been intentional in their approach to bring him along gradually during Spring Training. That process may continue.  

“I mean, I guess that's the part that's difficult is some throws,” Priester told the media on Thursday. “I'll be able to feel it, and then some throws I don't. So, sometimes it's difficult based on the day to understand kind of what we're going to expect and some of the frustration with this whole thing right now.  

“But ultimately, it kind of sucks to just take it day by day trying to get past this but you know, confident that it's nothing big, nothing large and just something, you know, that the body's reacting to after a really intense season last year,” Priester said. 

Priester attributes the potential cause of the injury to an increase in workload. Now, it is something that may land him on the injured list to begin the season.  

“Not only high standing workload, but also full workload in the big leagues, you know, not really having minor-league games, that is a different intensity," Priester said. "And we'll learn from this as we continue to navigate it and hopefully to start responding a little bit better.” 

Last season, Priester appeared in 29 games and made 24 starts for the Brewers, the highest number of appearances in his career.

In that span, he notched a 13-3 record and a 3.32 ERA through 157 1/3 innings of work. He also appeared in two postseason games (one start). A 7.71 ERA was indicative of his struggles as he allowed four earned runs in 4 2/3 innings pitched. 

While Preister is uncertain about how things will play out, he is trying to maintain an optimistic mindset.  

“Yeah, I think my thought process is get back as soon as we can,” he said. “You know, obviously I'm going to stay optimistic with things and keep pushing and kind of, you know, like I said, take it day by day. It's an annoying thing, but it's I think the best thing because, you know, feel really good tomorrow or today, et cetera. 

“I don't think there's any reason to wake up thinking it's not going to go well," Priester said. "So, you know, wake up with the tech each day and understand that, you know, today might be the day where we kind of push through this thing and then just hit the ground running.” 

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