Jacob Misiorowski

Jacob Walter Misiorowski
(The Miz)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 190 lb.
School Crowder College
High School Grain Valley High School
Debut June 12, 2025

Born April 3, 2002 in Blue Springs, MO USA

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Pitcher Jacob Misiorowski was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 2022 amateur draft out of Crowder College in Neosho, MO. He stands out by being unusually tall at 6'7", piquing scouts' interest even if he attended a less-heralded school. While Misiorowski was at Crowder he had a 10-0 record with 136 strikeouts and a 2.76 ERA in 76 innings across 15 starts.

He made his professional debut in 2022 with two starts for the Carolina Mudcats of the Carolina League, accounting for just 1 2/3 innings. In 2023, he pitched for three different teams: Carolina; the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the Midwest League; and the Biloxi Shuckers in the Southern League. His overall record was 4-2, 3.41 in 20 starts, with 110 strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings. He was named to play in the 2023 Futures Game and was named Pitcher of the Week in both the Carolina League and the Southern League during the course of the season. He split the 2024 season between Biloxi and the AAA Nashville Sounds. While his numbers did not pop out - he went 3-5, 3.33 in 33 games (21 starts) - he did strike out 127 batters in 97 1/3 and consistently threw his fastball at 97 mph and above.

He started the 2025 season at Nashville and was dominant over the first two months of the season, going 4-2, 2.13 in his first 13 games, allowing just 38 hits in 63 1/3 innings with 80 strikeouts. His fastball was timed as high as 103 mph. He was called up by the Brewers to make his major league debut on June 12th as the starting pitcher against the St. Louis Cardinals. Hitting triple digits on his very first pitch of the game, he had a dominating performance, pitching 5 hitless and scoreless innings to earn a 6-0 win. He would have stayed in the game longer, but in the 6th, he felt a cramp while facing his first batter and had to leave the game. He had another outstanding performance in his next start on June 20th, as he was perfect through the first six innings while facing the Minnesota Twins. That ended when he issued a walk and a two-run homer by Matt Wallner in the 7th inning. He was then lifted from the game and received credit for his team's 17-6 win. His 11-inning hitless streak to start his career was the longest recorded by a starting pitcher since 1900. He ended up making 3 starts in June, but they were dominating enough, with a 3-0 record an 2 runs allowed in 16 innings, that he was named the National League Rookie of the Month. He suffered his first career loss in his next start, in the second game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets on July 2nd when he allowed 5 runs on 5 hits in 3 2/3 innings. However, his storybook season continued after that as in his next start, on July 8th, he was matched up against Clayton Kershaw, who had just recorded his 3,000th strikeout, but he outpitched the veteran after giving up a lead-off homer to Shohei Ohtani, striking out 12 batters in six innings in a 3-1 Brewers win. What was most impressive was that he was not just blowing hitters away with his fastball, but using his other pitches to complete his strikeouts. On July 11th, he was named an All-Star after just five games, replacing Matthew Boyd on the National League's roster. No one before him had ever been named to the Midsummer Classic after so few games; the previous record holder had been Paul Skenes, who had started the game in 2024 with only 11 major league games under his belt. On August 3rd, he was placed on the injured list on the day of a scheduled start against the Washington Nationals with a left shin contusion, retroactive to July 31st. The bruise was a result of Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs hitting a ball off his leg in his previous start.

He finished his first season at 5-3, 4.36 in 15 games (14 starts), with 87 strikeouts in 66 innings. He won Game 2 of the Division Series against the Cubs on October 6th, pitching three innings in relief without giving up a run while striking out four after Aaron Ashby had been used as an opener. The Brewers scored four times while he was on the mound and ran away with a 7-3 win. He was again the winner in Game 5 on October 11th, under similar circumstances, pitching 4 innings as the bulk man in a 3-1 win. He was charged with the loss in Game 3 of the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on October 16th. Once again, the Brewers went with a bullpen game, with Ashby the opener, but when Ashby got in trouble early, Jacob bailed him out with two on and one out in the 1st, striking out Teoscar Hernandez and Tommy Edman to end the inning with the Brewers down by just one run. He then mowed down the Dodgers over the next few innings, accumulating 9 strikeouts in 5 innings, but the Dodgers did manage to push two runs across in the 6th, only one of which was earned, to win the game by a 3-1 score.

He was named the Brewers' Opening Day starter in 2026, getting the ball against the Chicago White Sox on March 26th. It didn't start great, as he gave up a lead-off homer to Chase Meidroth, but he pitched beautifully after that, giving up just one other hit in five innings, and striking out 11 opponents while walking three. He received credit for Milwaukee's 12-2 win. The 11 K's set a new franchise record for most on Opening Day. He had one of the best starts of his career on May 8th, when he faced the New York Yankees for the first time. He showed dominating stuff that night, topping out at 103.6 mph, threw the seven fastest pitches recorded by a starting pitcher since pitch tracking began in 2008, and missed an immaculate inning by a mere inch in the 1st. All that while throwing six scoreless innings during which he struck out 11 and allowed just 2 hit. Milwaukee won the game, 6-0, as he improved to 3-2 on the season. He went 5-0, 0.23 with 57 strikeouts in 38 1/3 innings in May, and in almost any other month he would have been the National League Pitcher of the Month, but the honor went to Cristopher Sanchez of the Philadelphia Phillies, who did not allow a single earned run during the month. On June 12th, the first anniversary of his debut, he pitched what was immediately described as the greatest game by a pitcher in Brewers history. Facing the Phillies, he not only pitched a complete game one-hit shutout, but also faced the minimum 27 batters and struck out 15 while walking none. In spite of all the strikeouts, he needed only 95 pitches to notch the first complete game (and shutout) of his career, so it was also a Maddux. The 15 strikeouts set a record for most in such a game, and 58 of his pitches were measured at 100 mph or above, another record. He reached 104.5 mph on one pitch, a strikeout of Kyle Schwarber) the highest reading ever for a starting pitcher, and the only batter who managed to reach base against him, Bryce Harper, who hit a 4th-inning single, was immediately erased on a double play. His ERA over his last eight starts was a head-scratching 0.17. In those 8 starts, he had allowed a grand total of one extra-base hit while striking out 80 opponents.

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2-time NL All-Star (2025 & 2026)

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