The Milwaukee Brewers might have the most terrifying pitcher in baseball.
On Friday night, 24-year-old Jacob Misiorowski authored a masterpiece against one of the best lineups in baseball, throwing a complete-game one-hitter in a 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. He struck out a career-high 15 batters, didn’t issue a single walk, and needed just 95 pitches to finish the game.
That alone would have been enough to make headlines.
Then he started throwing 104.5 mph.
The flamethrowing right-hander recorded the fastest pitch ever tracked by a starting pitcher in the Statcast era while overwhelming Phillies hitters from the first inning to the ninth. He faced the minimum 27 batters, with the lone hit—a Kyle Schwarber single—immediately erased by a double play.
The performance wasn’t just dominant. It was historic.
A complete-game shutout with 15 strikeouts, one hit allowed, no walks, and only 95 pitches is the kind of stat line that sounds made up in today’s game. In an era where starters are often pulled after six innings and 100 pitches, Misiorowski finished the job himself and never appeared close to running out of gas.
What’s even scarier for the rest of baseball is that this wasn’t a one-night fluke.
Misiorowski lowered his ERA to 1.34 and has been one of the most unhittable pitchers in the sport all season. His combination of triple-digit velocity, swing-and-miss stuff, and improving command has rapidly pushed him into the National League Cy Young conversation.
A year ago he was one of baseball’s most exciting young arms.
Today, he looks like baseball’s next dominant ace.
Paul Skenes may have introduced the new era of power pitching. Jacob Misiorowski is proving he belongs right beside him.
And after Friday night’s performance, the question isn’t whether he’s a star.
The question is whether anyone can actually hit him.
