Jacob Misiorowski has already established himself as the ace the Brewers need him to be

When he was rising through the Milwaukee Brewers' minor league system, Jacob Misiorowski was a polarizing prospect. Despite possessing one of the most electric arsenals of any pitching prospect ever, many were skeptical about Miz's command struggles, and rightfully so -- the flame-thrower maintained a walk rate in the 13-15% range throughout his minor league career. As a result, despite having a fastball that averages more than 100 mph and a collection of nasty secondary pitches, Miz wasn't one of the top prospects in baseball at the time of his promotion. In fact, ahead of his rookie season, Misiorowski ranked exactly 100th on MLB Pipeline's list of the Top 100 prospects in baseball.

However, since arriving in MLB, Misiorowski has quickly disproven the doubters in less than one year. A dominant debut, followed shortly thereafter by an appearance in the All-Star Game, and later an excellent performance in the 2025 postseason highlighted Misiorowski's debut campaign, but that's not to say there weren't growing pains. A series of tough starts in late August and early September led some to even doubt whether or not Misiorowski's long-term role would be in the rotation.

Through 10 starts in 2026, those doubts couldn't look more preposterous. Misiorowski has not only emerged as the clear-cut ace of the Brewers' staff, but he's established himself as one of the best starting pitchers in all of baseball. After his dominant outing against the Chicago Cubs last night, Miz now boasts a 1.89 ERA, he's in the midst of a 24.1-inning scoreless streak that spans the entire month of May, and he continues to lead all of MLB with 88 strikeouts.

Jacob Misiorowski has more than filled the void left by Freddy Peralta's departure this offseason

The question this offseason was whether or not the Brewers could remain a contender if they elected to trade Freddy Peralta ahead of his final season before free agency. Peralta had established himself as the ace of the Brewers' staff after Corbin Burnes was traded to the Baltimore Orioles and Brandon Woodruff underwent a major shoulder reconstruction. Therefore, his trade to the New York Mets this offseason understandably led to questions about what the Brewers' starting staff would look like without the 2x All-Star Peralta heading it.

A careful spring season for Woodruff and a frustrating nerve injury to Quinn Priester opened the door for Misiorowski to grab the Opening Day starter's role, and he's run with the responsibility of being the top arm in the Brewers' rotation ever since. Not only does he lead MLB in strikeouts and rank third in the NL in ERA, but he's averaging nearly six innings per start, and his once-concerning walk-rate is now league average.

Miz has demonstrated, in the first 10 starts of the season, that he can already be more dominant than Peralta when each of them is at their best. Misiorowski's electric arsenal simply gives him a ceiling that perhaps no other Brewers pitcher has ever possessed. What's impressive, however, is how consistent the flame-thrower has been through the first two months of the 2026 campaign. An arm who many expected to be a volatile, inconsistent starter with a high ceiling and a low floor, due to his early-career command struggles, Misiorowski has simply become a bona fide ace, whose dominance looks very repeatable.

For the Brewers, who entered the 2026 season with a great deal of inexperience in their rotation, Misiorowski's impressive consistency has been exactly what they needed to stabilize their young starting staff. He's more than filled the void left by Peralta, and allowed the Brewers to be patient with some of their other young arms and cautious with their injured starters. The result is the best record in a competitive National League Central as play begins on May 20. Simply put, the Brewers could not have asked for anything more from Miz through this point in the season.

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