Milwaukee’s schedule is lining up in a way that makes it tough to imagine Jacob Misiorowski taking the mound in the All-Star Game.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Wednesday that the 24-year-old right-hander is set for three more starts before the break. Misiorowski will face the Reds in Thursday’s series finale, then work on regular rest Tuesday in one of the doubleheader games against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium before making his final first-half start July 12 against the Pirates at PNC Park.
That last outing matters because of the rule that bars a pitcher from appearing in the All-Star Game two days later if he starts on the final Sunday before the break. If Milwaukee keeps Misiorowski on that path, he would be limited to attending the July 14 Midsummer Classic at Citizens Bank Park as a spectator.
That possibility helps narrow one of the bigger questions hanging over the event: who gets the National League start?
Misiorowski belongs firmly in that conversation. He leads MLB in ERA at 1.45, strikeouts with 146, WHIP at 0.77 and batting average against at .144. The other top names in the mix include Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sánchez, the hometown pick with the All-Star Game being hosted in Philadelphia, and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, whose scheduled start on Wednesday night was pushed to Friday.
Misiorowski has already been through the All-Star experience once. Less than 13 months after his big league debut, he was a late addition to last year’s team despite having only five MLB starts at the time, and the selection sparked plenty of debate. He answered by throwing nine pitches at 100 mph or harder and working a scoreless eighth inning in the NL’s 7-6 win.
He’s now doing things that barely seem real every time he takes the ball. In his last outing against the Cubs, Misiorowski reached 105.5 mph, the fastest pitch by a starter since pitch tracking started in 2008. He’ll be back out there Thursday afternoon against Burns, the 23-year-old Reds standout who is 9-1 with a 2.36 ERA in 16 starts.
Workload is another thing to watch. Misiorowski will move past 100 innings on Thursday, and he’s already at 99 innings in his first 16 starts.
That puts him on a 185-inning pace over a 30-start season. For comparison, he threw 141 1/3 innings last year between Triple-A Nashville and the Brewers, postseason included.
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