Brewers SP Jacob Misiorowski will miss Sunday's start vs. Paul Skenes, Pirates due to 'fatigue'
The Milwaukee Brewers will not have ace Jacob Misiorowski on the mound on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates as scheduled.
Manager Pat Murphy said that Misiorowski “Just didn’t bounce back” after his last start. He said the best term for what his pitcher is dealing with is “fatigue.”
Misiorowski getting scratched from his last start ahead of next week’s All-Star break will give him extra time to rest, but it will keep fans from seeing a highly anticipated pitching duel. Milwaukee will instead start Robert Gasser (2-3, 4.15 ERA) on Sunday.
Pittsburgh will start Paul Skenes on Sunday. Skenes is in his third season and has already won the NL Rookie of the Year Award (2024) and the NL Cy Young Award (2025).
Misiorowski missed out on winning Rookie of the Year last year, but that hasn’t stopped him from breaking records already. The 24-year-old already holds two records. Misiorowski has thrown MLB history’s fastest pitch by a starting pitcher (105.5 mph) and has thrown the most 100+ mph pitches in a single game (57).
With the Brewers and Pirates being divisional rivals, surely these two young stars will get slated to pitch against each other soon, but it will not be on Sunday.
Misiorowski getting scratched from his start also means that he will miss Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Last year, the pitcher was controversially added to the NL roster, but he has certainly earned the nod this year, posting a 10-4 record, 1.62 ERA (lowest in MLB) and striking out 167 batters (most in MLB) in 111 innings of work.
The Brewers are 59-36 and in first place in the NL Central. The Pirates are 48-47 and have taken the first two games of this three-game divisional series by sweeping Saturday’s doubleheader.
