Jacob Misiorowski has gone from All-Star controversy to All-Star certainty, but there’s a catch: he probably won’t throw a pitch in the 2026 MLB All-Star Game.
That’s a sharp turn from last year, when the Milwaukee Brewers right-hander was selected for the 2025 All-Star Game after just five career starts in the majors and plenty of people around the league thought the nod was too soon. This time, the argument isn’t whether Misiorowski belongs. Up to this point in the 2026 season, the real question has been whether he would get the National League start.
Now it looks like the Brewers’ ace won’t even be available to appear.
Milwaukee announced Wednesday that Misiorowski is lined up to make three more starts before the All-Star break, including tomorrow’s series finale against the Cincinnati Reds. Adam McCalvy reported the schedule this way:
At this particular point in time, the Brewers are planning to pitch Jacob Misiorowski three more times before the break.
Thursday vs Reds
Tuesday at STL
July 12 at PIT (first half finale)
If that’s the case, he would not be eligible to pitch in the All-Star Game.
That workload would knock him out of pitching in the Midsummer Classic.
Misiorowski has already started 16 games this season and has put together a dominant line: 9-3 with a major league-leading 1.45 ERA, 0.77 WHIP, and 146 strikeouts. If his rest schedule had lined up differently, he would have had a real shot at being the National League’s starter.
He still figures to make the 2026 NL All-Star roster, but like Freddy Peralta did last year, he would likely tell the league he won’t take part.
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