Mis-erable

Jacob Misiorowski threw 57 pitches faster than 100 miles per hour on Monday. That has never been done before in the Statcast era, which began in 2008. The previous record of 47, set by Hunter Greene, stood for four years. Misiorowski blew past it.

The numbers: Through 11 starts in 2026, Misiorowski has a 1.83 ERA, a 0.83 WHIP, and 100 strikeouts (most in Major League Baseball). No starting pitcher has struck out more batters per nine innings. No starter in the NL is allowing fewer hits per nine. His opponents this year are collectively posting a .449 OPS. He's 24 years old and this is his second season in the big leagues.

Closer stuff, but a starter: Jacob Misiorowski is basically Mason Miller as a starter. Miller is the Padres' closer and the most dominant one-inning arm in baseball. Misiorowski is delivering that stuff for seven innings. On Monday against the Cardinals, nine of his strikeouts came on pitches that hit 100 MPH. His top velocity was 103.4. His 96-pitch outing included 22 pitches above 102 MPH and nine above 103. The thing about flamethrowers is that they're supposed to get gassed. Misiorowski hasn't gotten the memo that you can’t throw that hard for six or seven innings.

deGrom-ination: To find a starting pitcher on such a heater you have to go back to Jacob deGrom's first 15 starts of 2021 — 1.08 ERA, 0.55 WHIP, 146 strikeouts in 92 innings before his elbow ended the conversation. The raw numbers aren't identical, but the structure is the same: strikeouts arrive in bunches and hits don't really arrive at all. 2021 deGrom was an elite power pitcher, regularly breaking 100 MPH throughout his starts. But deGrom left a start on July 7, 2021 with forearm fatigue, which led to an MRI that revealed inflammation around his UCL. Although he never required surgery, he didn’t pitch again that season. Power pitches at the level of Misiorowski and deGrom are prone to arm issues, but everyone who loves elite Wisconsin cheese is hoping the Miz stays healthy and can continue his historic run.

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