With Milwaukee Brewers star Jacob Misiorowski having a legitimate historic season for the team, he looks to continue to help the team into the postseason. As the Brewers prepare for the 2026 MLB Playoffs ,

However, with just a couple of weeks left, and only a few more series of the regular season to go, there is a clear favorite for the NL Cy Young award this season. Or, at least there should be. But ESPN's Bradford Doolittle's advanced metric,

Jacob Misiorowski struck out seven in five shutout innings and the Milwaukee Brewers won their their fourth straight National League Central title with a 5-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

With five days remaining in the 2026 MLB regular season, the individual stats leaderboard is almost as unsettled as the playoff races in both leagues.

Misiorowski, the best pitcher in the world in 2026, shut down the Braves on Friday afternoon with six shutout innings

The Milwaukee Brewers' ace hurler has had a phenomenal sophomore season, and he's in line to join impressive company with one more solid outing.

In Statcast’s pitch-tracking era (since 2008), no other starting pitcher has even thrown 1,000 pitches at 100 mph in a whole career.

Two of the pitches went 104.5 mph, which Adam McCalvy of MLB.com noted was the fastest pitch from a starting pitcher since pitch tracking started in 2008. His first 104.5 mph pitch came in a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on June 12 that underscored just how unhittable he has been this year.