The Milwaukee Brewers will not have ace Jacob Misiorowski on the mound Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates as scheduled.
Manager Pat Murphy said Misiorowski “just didn’t bounce back” after his last start. He said the best term for what his pitcher is dealing with is “fatigue.”
Misiorowski getting scratched from his last start ahead of next week’s All-Star break will give him extra time to rest, but it will keep fans from seeing a highly anticipated pitching duel. Milwaukee will instead start Robert Gasser (2-3, 4.15 ERA) on Sunday.
Pittsburgh will start Paul Skenes, who is in his third season and has already won the NL Rookie of the Year Award (2024) and the NL Cy Young Award (2025).
Misiorowski missed out on winning Rookie of the Year last year, but that hasn’t stopped him from breaking records already. The 24-year-old already holds two records. Misiorowski has thrown MLB history’s fastest pitch by a starting pitcher (105.5 mph) and has thrown the most 100-plus mph pitches in a single game (57).
With the Brewers and Pirates being divisional rivals, surely these two young stars will get slated to pitch against each other soon, but it will not be Sunday.
Misiorowski getting scratched from his start also means he will miss Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Last year, the pitcher was controversially added to the NL roster, but he has certainly earned the nod this year, posting a 10-4 record and 1.62 ERA (lowest in MLB) and striking out 167 batters (most in MLB) in 111 innings of work.
The Brewers are 59-36 and in first place in the NL Central. The Pirates are 48-47 and have taken the first two games of this three-game divisional series by sweeping Saturday’s doubleheader.
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