Brewers phenom Jacob Misiorowski named to NL All-Star team after 5 starts
After going 4-1 with a 2.81 ERA and 33 strikeouts, including a 12-strikeout start on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Misiorowski made history.
Fewest games to first All-Star game selection:
5 – Jacob Misiorowski, 202511 – Paul Skenes, 202413 – Mark Fidrych, 197613 – Hideo Nomo, 199515 – Dontrelle Willis, 2003 https://t.co/jPFgkcKpHi
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) July 12, 2025
Misiorowski will take the roster spot of Chicago Cubs starter Matthew Boyd, one of several players who got replaced on both All-Star rosters throughout the day. The 23-year-old righty started his big-league career with 11 hitless innings and has been dominant in every start except one, when the Mets tagged him with five earned runs over 3 2/3 innings on July 2.
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'With league-leading tantalizing stuff and league-bottom command, Jacob Misiorowski may end up testing our patience from start to start,' wrote The Athletic's Eno Sarris in his latest starting pitcher rankings. 'But when the projections and the stuff metrics are this good, damn the torpedoes, you gotta join in. Sitting around 100 on the fastball with great shape? A mid-90s slider? A 90-mph curveball? Metrics that scream 'young Jacob deGrom without command'? I'm in. I've always been in.'
Major League Baseball is also in, to the degree that they're sending the most inexperienced player to an All-Star Game since it was first held in 1933.
The choice of the rookie may also draw some scrutiny, particularly from other National League clubs with pitchers who have proven themselves as All-Stars the entire season, only to be passed over for a pitcher who is just getting started.
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