Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski making mockery of big league hitters in start to career

The National League Central has another young pitching phenom, and it's Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski.

In just his second major league start on Friday night, Misiorowski threw six perfect innings before finally walking a batter and then allowing a two-run home run to Matt Wallner in the seventh inning.

At that point, Misiorowski was removed, but he still managed to get the win in Milwaukee's 17-6 victory.

But it wasn't just the fact that he went six perfect innings in his second Major League start that stood out.

It was the way he did it, as well as the fact he has been nearly unhittable through his first two starts.

Almost literally.

In his big league debut against the St.

Louis Cardinals on June 12, he threw five no-hit innings before being removed due to pitch-count reasons.

He followed that up by throwing six perfect innings on Friday.

Wallner's home run ended a streak of 11 consecutive no-hit innings to open his career.

That is the longest stretch of no-hit innings to begin a career for a starting pitcher in the expansion era (since 1961).

He is doing it with absolutely filthy stuff, including a 100-plus mph fastball that he unleashed at an unprecedented rate on Friday night.

Of his 86 pitches on Friday, a whopping 29 of them topped 100 mph.

If that sounds like a lot, it's because it is.

In fact, it's more than most pitchers will ever throw in their career.

In the Statcast era, there have been only 23 pitchers who have ever thrown more than 29 100 mph pitches in their entire careers.

Misiorowski did that in one game.

Misiorowski's START tonight has seen him throw 29 100+ mph fastballs.

That is more than all but 23 MLB SPs have thrown in their careers in the Statcast era (it is tied with Stephen Strasburg's career total).

That stat is almost impossible to believe.

But it wasn't just his fastball that made a mockery of the Twins lineup.

It was also his secondary pitches that did damage, including this wicked slider.

Mama, Jacob Misiorowski just killed a man.

pic.twitter.com/mC6YXAW8ev He also unleashed a 94 mph changeup that looked unhittable.

Jacob Misiorowski, Ridiculous 94mph Changeup.

And Sword.

pic.twitter.com/D4e9teSXlW That sort of stuff is almost unfair.

As the league gets a few looks at him, there will be an adjustment made, and players will start getting more solid contact and eventually some runs.

But that does not take away from what he has done so far and the upside he has.

The NL Central already has the game's best young pitcher in Paul Skenes.

If Misiorowski keeps pitching like this, he will be right there with him.

Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh.

He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA.

Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark.

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