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Jacob Misiorowski began the Milwaukee Brewers’ season by serving up a homer to Chicago White Sox leadoff hitter Chase Meidroth. Let’s just say he did a bit better with his next 19 batters.
The young right-hander set a Brewers Opening Day record on Thursday with 11 strikeouts in his team’s season-opening 14-2 win. The previous record was eight, shared by Ben Sheets in 2002 and Freddy Peralta in 2024 and 2025.
That Sheets start came one day before the 23-year-old Misiorowski was born.
Per MLB.com, Misiorowski is the youngest pitcher to log double-digit strikeouts on Opening Day since Seattle Mariners legend Félix Hernández logged 12 in 2007 at the age of 20.
Misiorowski dominated the way he usually does, with some of the fastest pitches in baseball. According to Baseball Savant, he averaged 98.3 mph with his four-seam fastball and topped out at 101.1 mph. Batters swung at the pitch 29 times and whiffed on 19 of them.
His slider also averaged 94.3 mph, which is not a thing sliders usually do.
Jacob Misiorowski remains one of the nastiest pitches in baseball.
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Few pitchers in baseball have a ceiling higher than Misiorowski, who began his MLB career with 11 consecutive no-hit innings. It’s how he reached the MLB All-Star Game despite having only five-big league starts under his belt, and why the Brewers tapped him as their Opening Day starter. If all goes right, he will be their ace for years to come.
There were growing pains in 2025, though, as evidenced by his 4.36 ERA. He walked batters at the unusually high rate of 11.4% last year and walks came up on Thursday, with three free passes issued.
On the offensive side for the Brewers, their lineup went off despite missing rising star Jackson Chourio, who was placed on the 10-day IL earlier Thursday. Brice Turang, Christian Yelich, Jake Bauers and Joey Ortiz all recorded multiple hits against an underpowered White Sox pitching staff, with Bauers and Sal Frelick recording homers.
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The young right-hander set a Brewers Opening Day record on Thursday with 11 strikeouts in his team’s season-opening 14-2 win. The previous record was eight, shared by Ben Sheets in 2002 and Freddy Peralta in 2024 and 2025.
That Sheets start came one day before the 23-year-old Misiorowski was born.
Per MLB.com, Misiorowski is the youngest pitcher to log double-digit strikeouts on Opening Day since Seattle Mariners legend Félix Hernández logged 12 in 2007 at the age of 20.
Misiorowski dominated the way he usually does, with some of the fastest pitches in baseball. According to Baseball Savant, he averaged 98.3 mph with his four-seam fastball and topped out at 101.1 mph. Batters swung at the pitch 29 times and whiffed on 19 of them.
His slider also averaged 94.3 mph, which is not a thing sliders usually do.
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Jacob Misiorowski remains one of the nastiest pitches in baseball.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Few pitchers in baseball have a ceiling higher than Misiorowski, who began his MLB career with 11 consecutive no-hit innings. It’s how he reached the MLB All-Star Game despite having only five-big league starts under his belt, and why the Brewers tapped him as their Opening Day starter. If all goes right, he will be their ace for years to come.
There were growing pains in 2025, though, as evidenced by his 4.36 ERA. He walked batters at the unusually high rate of 11.4% last year and walks came up on Thursday, with three free passes issued.
On the offensive side for the Brewers, their lineup went off despite missing rising star Jackson Chourio, who was placed on the 10-day IL earlier Thursday. Brice Turang, Christian Yelich, Jake Bauers and Joey Ortiz all recorded multiple hits against an underpowered White Sox pitching staff, with Bauers and Sal Frelick recording homers.
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