Unbelievable Jacob Misiorowski stat sheds new light on just how dominant Brewers' flame-thrower was in May

You don't need me to tell you how good Jacob Misiorowski was in May. He may not win the Pitcher of the Month Award thanks to the historical dominance of Christopher Sánchez, but Miz was at the absolute peak of his powers over the last four weeks and change.

Instead, I'll try to contextualize the value he just brought to the Milwaukee Brewers. In May, courtesy of a 0.23 ERA, 0.65 FIP, and video-game-esque 41.9% strikeout rate, Misiorowski accrued 2.4 fWAR. That was 0.3 more than Sánchez, and a whole digit more than third place (Davis Martin).

This is where it gets crazy. That 2.4 fWAR mark made up more than half of the Brewers' 4.6 starting pitcher WAR for the month. It was also greater than the sum of 20 other teams' entire rotations -- and 13 teams' entire pitching staffs (rotation + bullpen).

So, in other words, Misiorowski was the 11th-most valuable rotation in baseball last month... all by himself. Thank goodness this kid is on our side.

Jacob Misiorowski just delievered one of the most valuable pitching months of all time

It's hard to elucidate exactly what 2.4 fWAR means, so let's keep adding context to the equation to really get a sense of what feat Misiorowski just accomplished.

Shohei Ohtani, who won the NL Pitcher of the Month Award for March/April, tossed 30 innings while posting a 0.60 ERA, 1.91 FIP, and 28.6% strikeout rate. Pretty darn good, right? Well, that workload earned him 1.3 fWAR, slightly more than half of what Miz just did in May.

Let's turn the clocks back even more: In 2015, Jake Arrieta posted one of the greatest halves in modern baseball history from the mound. In August, his best month that season, he posted a ridiculous 0.43 ERA over 42.1 innings. That earned him 1.6 fWAR... or two-thirds of Misiorowski's May total.

Or how about this: In that same year, Zack Greinke posted one of the five-longest scoreless-inning streaks in MLB history, going 45.2 innings without allowing a run. In that time, he was worth 2.0 fWAR, still nearly 20% shy of Miz.

The examples are endless, but the point is that Misiorowski has reached a ceiling almost no one in baseball has ever come close to scraping -- and he did so in his second MLB season. Cy Young contention is the absolute bare minimum of what is now expected of him.

The craziest part? He may yet somehow surpass these impossible expectations he's brought upon himself.

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