Top Milwaukee Brewers pitching prospect reaches final step before the big leagues

All eyes for the last week-plus have been on the moves that the Milwaukee Brewers would make leading up to the MLB trade deadline. Meanwhile, a stud pitcher who's already in the system took another step toward his quest of reaching the majors.

Jacob Misiorowski, the team's top pitching prospect by most publications including MLB Pipeline, who also list him as Milwaukee's No. 2 overall prospect, earned himself his latest promotion, this time to Triple-A Nashville. The move isn't listed on the transaction wire yet but was announced by the Brewers Player Development account on X/Twitter.

Misiorowski, the 2nd round pick of the Brewers just two years ago, has been making short work of the team's minor league system. After getting a couple starts at Low-A Carolina just after being drafted, he started there again last year and snagged himself two promotions in the same season.

This year, Misiorowski found himself back at Double-A Biloxi to start the season and the 22-year-old has been more than up to the challenge. In 19 starts, he is 3-4 with a 3.50 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and just a .182 batting average against.

His performances have earned himself multiple Southern League player of the week awards just this season alone. He also set a career high earlier this month with 10 strikeouts in a game and then went and tied that personal record a week later.

One big question early in the season was whether Misiorowski could reign in his control as even with his success he was still putting a good amount of runners on base. He did a good job at righting that ship in the month of July, though, as his 1.09 WHIP was tied for the lowest of any month of the season.

Now, the big righty takes his last test before reaching the majors. Brewers manager Pat Murphy did state that Misiorowski will be on an innings limit there, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Curt Hogg, but also stated that this wouldn't keep the youngster from potentially contributing for the Brewers down the stretch.

Nashville fans, enjoy getting to watch one of the most electric pitchers in the Brewers system, especially since he might not be there for very long.