Brewers star pitcher makes MLB history Friday night against Yankees

Jacob Misiorowski didn’t just dominate the New York Yankees on Friday night. He made MLB history doing it. The young Milwaukee Brewers star delivered one of the most electric pitching performances baseball has seen in years during Milwaukee’s 6-0 shutout victory, overwhelming Yankees hitters with a combination of power, velocity, and pure intimidation.

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A Dominant Performance on the Mound

Misiorowski was nearly untouchable. His final line:

• 6 innings pitched
• 2 hits allowed
• 2 walks
• 11 strikeouts
• 0 runs allowed

Against one of baseball’s best lineups, he looked completely in control from the first inning on.

Velocity Unlike Anything MLB Has Seen

The numbers behind the outing are even crazier. Misiorowski reached at least 103 mph on 10 different pitches during the game. Not once. Ten times. And his fastest pitch? A blistering 103.6 mph. That matters because it officially became the fastest pitch ever recorded by a starting pitcher since Statcast began tracking velocity in 2008.

As insane as Friday night was, it’s apparently becoming normal for Misiorowski. He now owns 11 of the 14 fastest pitches ever thrown by a starter in the Statcast era. That’s absurd dominance in one of baseball’s most terrifying categories. We’ve seen relievers hit triple digits before. But starters? That’s different.