Jacob Misiorowski’s season has put him in a very different place than he was a year ago.
When the Milwaukee Brewers pitcher was added to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, plenty of fans and players around the league bristled. At that point, Misiorowski had only five career big league starts, and the argument was simple: other pitchers had done more to earn the nod.
Now the conversation is flipped. In 2026, Misiorowski has been the best starting pitcher in baseball, and the question was no longer whether he’d make the All-Star team. It was whether he’d get the National League start.
That now looks unlikely. Based on the Brewers’ current plan, he may not pitch at all.
Milwaukee announced Wednesday that Misiorowski is scheduled to make three more starts before the All-Star break, beginning with tomorrow’s series finale against the Cincinnati Reds. The schedule listed by Adam McCalvy was:
Thursday vs Reds
Tuesday at STL
July 12 at PIT (first half finale)
If that holds, Misiorowski would not be eligible to pitch in the All-Star Game.
Misiorowski has already started 16 games this season, and the production has been ridiculous. He is 9-3 and leads the majors with a 1.45 ERA, a 0.77 WHIP, and 146 strikeouts. With a different rest pattern before the break, he would have had a real shot to start for the National League.
He’ll still almost certainly be named to the 2026 NL All-Star roster, but the expectation is that he’ll later tell the league he won’t participate. Freddy Peralta did the same thing last year.
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