Mike Trout didn’t leave much room for debate when asked about Jacob Misiorowski’s fastball.
The Los Angeles Angels star and future Baseball Hall of Famer said a random fan would need a long time just to put bat on ball against the Milwaukee Brewers’ hard-throwing ace. Trout was asked on Monday how many swings a regular person might get before making contact with one of Misiorowski’s heaters, and his answer was blunt.
“I’m saying minimum a hundred. Minimum a hundred,” the three-time American League Most Valuable Player said (h/t Foul Territory).
“Yeah, minimum a hundred, I mean I don’t know if that’s even just a fan from the stance. That’d be something different.
If you pull somebody from the mid game or something, hey. ”
Trout didn’t stop there. He also seemed open to the absurd thought of taking someone from the stands and dropping them into the All-Star Game just to show how difficult the sport really is at the highest level.
“It’d be interesting. It’d be interesting for sure,” the 34-year-old Mike Trout shared.
Misiorowski’s numbers explain why Trout is so high on the challenge. The 24-year-old Brewers right-hander is 10-4 in the 2026 MLB season with a 1.62 ERA, and even hitters who are disciplined at the plate haven’t had much luck. He’s posted a 0.757 WHIP and a 6.4 percent walk rate.
The idea of a fan stepping in against Misiorowski may sound like a joke, but in Trout’s eyes it would be a mismatch of galactic proportions.
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