On a crisp Friday night in Philadelphia, Jacob Misiorowski took the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers and turned a routine start into a historic showcase of pure dominance.
The right‑hander tossed a complete‑game one‑hitter, striking out 15 batters without issuing a single walk, a feat that required just 95 pitches to finish.
What made the outing even more remarkable was the velocity of his fastball, clocked at 104.5 mph, the fastest pitch ever recorded by a starting pitcher in the Statcast era, and a speed that left the Phillies’ lineup swinging at air.
Misiorowski’s season earned‑run average now sits at a sparkling 1.34, a figure that has propelled him into the National League Cy Young conversation and underscored his reputation as one of the sport’s most unhittable arms.
A Pitcher Redefining the Game
A year ago he was an exciting young prospect; today he looks like the next ace to dominate the league, standing shoulder‑to‑shoulder with the likes of Paul Skenes, who helped usher in a new era of power pitching.
If the question now is whether anyone can actually hit him, the answer may soon be written in the record books.