Overview
- Jacob Misiorowski, who worked six scoreless innings Tuesday at Wrigley Field, pushed his MLB-leading strikeout total to 88 and stretched his scoreless streak to 24 1/3 innings.
- He sat at 99–101 mph and topped out at 101.5, with his average four-seam fastball nudging to 99.9 mph for the night after entering with a season mark of 99.6.
- MLB.com’s Mike Petriello says Statcast tracking supports that Misiorowski is almost certainly the hardest-throwing starting pitcher on record since 2008.
- Entering Monday he had thrown 233 pitches at 100 mph or faster compared with 149 by all other starters combined, and he owns the eight fastest pitches ever tracked by a starter.
- Coaches and rivals praise the heat yet urge balance, with Brewers manager Pat Murphy saying velocity is only one piece of pitching and the staff tailoring development to guard performance and health.