Jacob Misiorowski Is Throwing So Damn Hard

In the third inning of the Brewers' 7-1 win over the Rockies on Saturday, Milwaukee pitcher Jacob Misiorowski threw a four-seam fastball low and outside to Kyle Karros for a ball. The pitch was special and routine all at once. Its measured velocity of 103.7 mph makes it the fastest pitch by a starter in official recorded history. But the speed of that fastball has somehow become business as usual for the Brewers' 24-year-old ace. In this game alone, Misiorowski threw the 58 fastest pitches of the game, and 45 of those pitches were above 101 mph—another record. When Brewers manager Pat Murphy looked like he was going to the bullpen after his starter allowed runners on the corners with only one out in the 7th, Misiorowski refused, shaking his head and saying "No" in the direction of the dugout. Then he proceeded to pitch back-to-back strikeouts, hurling a 101-mph fastball on his 98th pitch of the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EJKeC18FqI