{"id":900412,"date":"2026-09-18T12:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/900412\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:08:09","slug":"witnessing-jacob-misiorowskis-cy-young-worthy-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/900412\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnessing Jacob Misiorowski’s Cy Young-worthy season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacob Misiorowski<\/a> will have to wait until November to see if his first full major league season ends with a National League Cy Young Award, but the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> ace is the runaway winner when it comes to oohs and aahs drawn on the mound.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old has thrown 1,053 fastballs over 100 mph this season — 582 more than anyone else in the sport. Powered by that unparalleled heat, \u201cThe Miz\u201d leads the majors with a 1.89 ERA, 0.81 WHIP and 243 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

What is it like watching MLB\u2019s next great flamethrower dominate the sport? Ahead of his final scheduled start of the 2026 regular season, we asked Misiorowski\u2019s teammates what stood out most about his breakout year.<\/p>\n

\u2018The velocity jumps out for sure\u2019<\/p>\n

Misiorowski joined Jordan Hicks<\/a>, Aroldis Chapman<\/a> and Mason Miller<\/a> as the only four pitchers since pitch tracking began in 2008 to throw 500 or more pitches at 100-plus mph in a single season. But even those three fellow flamethrowers pale in comparison to Miz\u2019s total number of triple-digit pitches. Hicks is second on the list with 659 pitches at 100 mph in 2018, but he, Chapman and Miller were able to air it out in short relief stints while Miziorowski has done it in a starting role.<\/p>\n

Infielder David Hamilton<\/a>: \u201cA starter throwing that hard for that long is incredible. I sneak a peek at the board. The velocity jumps out for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catcher William Contreras<\/a>: \u201cFor some people, watching him pitch that fast is out of this world. Now that I\u2019ve gone the whole year catching Miz, it\u2019s gotten normal for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reliever Chad Patrick<\/a>: \u201cI got to see him pitch in 2024. He was bringing it then. You start to question when he\u2019s throwing 99. Is something wrong? But nothing is wrong. He\u2019s doing his thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starter Brandon Woodruff<\/a>: \u201cI would reference [Jacob] deGrom because he\u2019s the closest thing to what he\u2019s doing. He\u2019s throwing fastballs to one spot, and you see how successful he is. You can do that. Just get it over the plate and you can expand from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outfielder Jackson Chourio<\/a>: \u201cI start a game thinking I have to be active out there — but no, you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outfielder Christian Yelich<\/a>: \u201cOften they know it\u2019s coming. Sometimes they get to it. Most of the time they don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Like a flash\u2019<\/p>\n

One pitch stands out from the rest of Miz\u2019s blazing heaters this season: A 105.5 mph laser to Chicago Cubs<\/a> NL MVP candidate Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/a> on June 26. It\u2019s the fastest pitch thrown this year in MLB — and the fastest ever by a starting pitcher. <\/p>\n

Contreras: \u201cThat pitch was like a flash. I\u2019m thankful for him being on my team and not another.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outfielder Garrett Mitchell<\/a>: \u201cIt was electric. Every time he throws, we\u2019re expecting something great like that. I looked up [at another pitch] and saw 104. I was like, \u2018Man, this guy is throwing fuel up there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodruff: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to hit 95, so 105 is really hard. I remember when I was hitting. No thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton: \u201cI don\u2019t know how [Crow-Armstrong] fouled that pitch off. That\u2019s the most impressive thing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018That\u2019s a dream for a pitcher\u2019<\/p>\n

Just as the pitch to PCA stood out most to his teammates, there was one outing that rose above the rest as well: a 94-pitch complete-game masterpiece against the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>. The moment which rose above any this year came June 12 against the Phillies. Misiorowski struck out 15 while giving up just one hit in a 6-0 win. <\/p>\n

Patrick: \u201cThe nine-inning complete game. That\u2019s it for me. Best memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contreras: \u201cThat\u2019s a dream for a pitcher. Only 94 pitches too. One of the best days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misiorowski: \u201cI don\u2019t know the last time I had a CG. I had a few in the minor leagues, throwing seven innings. Those don\u2019t count. That\u2019s the first nine-inning complete game. It was the pinnacle, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Infielder Joey Ortiz<\/a>: \u201cThat game was pure dominance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yelich: \u201cSometimes you get a little laugh or can\u2019t believe it look from the hitters, especially when you play teams you don\u2019t see much. That happened against Philly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chourio: \u201cWhenever he takes the mound, you\u2019re in store for a quick game and one that\u2019s in our favor. I was very proud of the complete game.\u201d<\/p>\n

While his teammates have watched in amazement during his starts, those around Misiorowski have also seen how much work has gone on behind the scenes. Pitching coach Chris Hook believes that the effort between outings has fueled Misiorowski\u2019s breakout campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s gotten so much better at it,\u201d Hook said. \u201cWhen I see the good in the game, it matches what I see in practice. I\u2019m not saying it wasn\u2019t important to him. I don\u2019t think he knew how important it was to him. Now, you watch his work and the intention is incredible. The intention and attention to detail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodruff credits delivery adjustments that have allowed him to \u201cget the ball over the plate more consistently\u201d and let his most unhittable pitch be unhittable.<\/p>\n

\u201cDude, you have the best fastball in the game,\u201d Woodruff recalled saying. \u201cUse that sucker.\u201d<\/p>\n

That control has helped his walk rate plummet, from 11.4% to 6.6%.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s in the zone more this year,\u201d Yelich said. \u201cI feel like that was his final hurdle to becoming this kind of pitcher. The way he commands the zone better. The stuff wasn\u2019t the question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodruff added: \u201cYoung, wiry, long levers. A lot of things playing in his favor. He took last year and learned from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is Misiorowski most proud of (outside of the complete-game shutout)? The moment came recently, from one start to the next — and both against the rival Cubs. On a hot and humid night at Wrigley Field, Misiorowski gave up five runs in four innings. Six days later, he struck out nine while limiting Chicago to a single run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a bad one then to bounce back like that was really good,\u201d Misiorowski said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I would have last year. I would have spiraled and overthought the whole thing, like, \u2018Oh s—,\u2019 I\u2019m facing the same team. That was a big one.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stopped short of diving into any more memories of the season, knowing that bigger games are still ahead of them. With a division title wrapped up and another potential No. 1 seed in the postseason, Misiorowski and his teammates are hopeful that the biggest and best moments are still ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll look back on it all after the entire season is over,\u201d Misiorowski said. \u201cThere is still work to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacob Misiorowski will have to wait until November to see if his first full major league season ends…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-900412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}