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Asked to explain a record-setting performance, Jacob Misiorowski did not reach for mechanics or adrenaline. He shrugged: “That’s what I do. I throw hard.”
That was his response after overpowering the Cardinals on Memorial Day, and it matched exactly what the rest of baseball is watching in real time. Misiorowski is turning elite velocity into sustainable, repeatable dominance as a starter.
The numbers are getting absurd
Misiorowski threw 57 pitches at 100 mph or harder against St. Louis, the most by any pitcher since pitch tracking began in 2008. Not the most by a starter. The most by anyone.
He hit 103 mph or harder eight times in the first inning alone and finished with 12 strikeouts across seven innings in Milwaukee’s 5-1 win. The outing made him the first pitcher in MLB to reach 100 strikeouts this season.
- 57 pitches at 100+ mph
- 40 pitches at 101+ mph
- 22 pitches at 102+ mph
- 9 pitches at 103+ mph
Fox Sports confirmed no pitcher in the Statcast era has sustained triple-digit velocity like this across a full start.
He is pitching now, not just throwing
Brewers manager Pat Murphy put it plainly: “That’s really special. It’s pitching, too. Not just throwing.”
The concern throughout Misiorowski’s prospect rise was always command, efficiency and whether his mechanics would stabilize enough for the stuff to play across a starter’s workload. Through 11 starts, he owns a 1.83 ERA, 100 strikeouts and a 0.83 WHIP, and he carried a 29 1/3-inning scoreless streak into the sixth inning Monday, the third-longest single-season streak by a Brewers starter.
The threshold is moving in real time
Baseball has seen hard throwers before. What stands out with Misiorowski is how comfortable he looks living at the top of the radar gun. Brewers pitching coordinator Jim Henderson pointed to an offseason focus on lower-body strength that changed how he sustains power deeper into starts.
Misiorowski said the same thing himself: “I feel like that’s where it should be every day. That’s where I’m at. That’s just my normal.” The velocity has become his baseline rather than an adrenaline spike.
Bigger than a breakout for Milwaukee
The Brewers have developed excellent pitchers for years, and Misiorowski’s raw physical ceiling sits somewhere different. He is overpowering hitters with velocity levels that barely exist for starting pitchers, and now he is locating it well enough to win games rather than just fill Statcast graphics.
Most pitchers treat 103 mph like an event. Misiorowski talks about it like showing up to work.
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