Brewers pitcher Misiorowski sweeps Cy Young voting
The 24-year-old right-hander secured a unanimous win from the Baseball Writers Association of America on Wednesday.
By Isaac Medina ·
Jacob Misiorowski received every first-place vote from the Baseball Writers Association of America on Wednesday night to claim the National League Cy Young Award for the 2026 season. The Milwaukee Brewers ace outpaced Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies and Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves in the final tally.
The award recognizes Misiorowski for a campaign that delivered elite statistical results across the board. He recorded a 6.4 wins above replacement, a figure that placed him third in the National League behind Sánchez and Jesús Luzardo of the Phillies. His fielding independent pitch mark sat at 2.17, the lowest in all of Major League Baseball, while his ERA+ of 232 ranks as the 13th-highest by a qualifier in major league history.
His command metrics further defined the season. Misiorowski struck out 37.9% of opposing batters, a rate that led the entire sport. No other starter in the majors approached that level of contact management during the 2026 regular season.
Beyond the cumulative stats, Misiorowski distinguished himself through raw velocity. He averaged 100.6 mph with his four-seam fastball over the course of the year. On multiple occasions, including a pitch clocked at 105.5 mph in June, he threw the fastest pitches recorded during the season.
Although playoff performance does not factor into the Cy Young voting, Misiorowski maintained his effectiveness during the postseason. He posted a 1.89 earned run average across four starts while the Brewers captured the World Series, marking the first championship in franchise history.
Misiorowski is the fourth pitcher in Brewers history to win the award. Corbin Burnes claimed the honor in 2021, while Pete Vuckovich and Rollie Fingers won in 1982 and 1981, respectively, when the team competed in the American League.
At age 24, Misiorowski enters the 2027 season positioned to repeat as the National League winner. If he achieves that feat, he will become the first pitcher to win the award in consecutive years in the NL since Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets did so in 2018 and 2019.
