There may be not a greater, extra dominant pitcher in Main League Baseball proper now than Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski.
He’s a must-see attraction each day trip, and he delivered one other emphatic assertion on that on Friday night time in a 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
He not solely pitched a complete-game shutout, but it surely was arguably essentially the most dominant efficiency of the 2026 season.
It may additionally be essentially the most dominant efficiency you see from any pitcher all season.
At the least till he finds a technique to high it later within the yr (and he would possibly).
Jacob Misiorowski seems to be unhittable in opposition to Phillies
The stat line on Friday night time will not be solely spectacular, however it’s bordering on staggering.
Throwing an entire recreation shutout in 2026 is uncommon sufficient for a beginning pitcher. However that is solely the beginning of the dominance.
He confronted the minimal of solely 27 batters. He allowed only one hit, a lead-off single to Kyle Schwarber within the high of the fourth inning, after which erased him on a double play.
He walked none.
He struck out 15 batters, together with eight of the primary 9 batters he confronted.
He did all of that and nonetheless completed the sport by throwing solely 95 pitches.
It was additionally one other night time the place he completely lit up the radar gun. He threw 36 pitches of 101 mph or increased and routinely touched 104 and 105 on the gun. He was nonetheless throwing 103 within the ninth inning, as he did on his last pitch of the night time when he struck out Justin Crawford.
Each time a pitcher throws an entire recreation with underneath 100 pitches, it’s referred to within the baseball world as a “Maddux,” a reference to former Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves starter Greg Maddux, who would normally throw such video games.
Misiorowski’s 15 strikeouts on Friday are essentially the most ever recorded in a Maddux within the pitch-count period.
