Brewers starting pitcher Quinn Priester throws against the Cubs in Milwaukee’s 4-1 victory Thursday at Wrigley Field. AP

The most consequential trade in MLB this year might turn out to be Milwaukee landing right-handed pitcher Quinn Priester from Boston on April 7.

Priester (11-2) didn't get Thursday's win over the Cubs because he left after 4⅓ innings and 95 pitches. But the Brewers won their 15th straight game in which Priester pitched, 4-1. That includes 12 starts and three extended relief appearances.

“Everybody down the stretch did a really nice job outside of me getting the bases loaded there in the fifth,” he told reporters in the visiting clubhouse. “But it's a team game. Certainly a lot of things to clean up on my end. But when you have (relievers) like that behind you, even i

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