Misiorowski Unanimously Wins NL Cy Young After Record Power Season

Jacob Misiorowski is the National League's best pitcher. The Milwaukee Brewers ace was unanimously elected NL Cy Young Award winner Wednesday, taking all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. It's his first Cy Young and the fourth in Brewers history.

Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies finished runner-up for the second year in a row, with Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves third — his eighth career top-five finish. The AL honor also went unanimous, to New York Yankees starter Cam Schlittler. Only twice before have both leagues crowned unanimous winners: 2022 (Justin Verlander, Sandy Alcantara) and 1968 (Denny McLain, Bob Gibson).

The 24-year-old went 16-5 in 30 starts with the majors' lowest ERA at 1.80 and the most strikeouts at 252, becoming the first pitcher since Pedro Martinez in 2000 to lead his league in strikeouts with an ERA that low in a full season, according to the outlet. He also gave up the fewest hits per nine innings (4.9) and posted a 0.802 WHIP, a mark bettered only by Martinez's 0.737 in 2000 and Walter Johnson's 0.780 in 1913.

The velocity is what set him apart. Misiorowski threw a record 1,115 pitches at 100 mph or faster during the regular season, opened the World Series with a 103.5 mph fastball and won the clincher five days later. Of his approach, he said max effort comes easy: hitting 99 or 101 is 'kind of just coasting.'

Milwaukee landed him 63rd overall in the 2022 draft out of Crowder College in Missouri, thanks in part to a tip from reliever Aaron Ashby, a fellow Crowder product, who pitched him to team president Matt Arnold. Misiorowski reached the majors in June 2025 and made that year's All-Star Game, faded in the second half and sat out the postseason, then rebuilt his body after the Dodgers swept the Brewers in the NLCS. This season he put up a 1.62 ERA before the break and 2.07 after it through the end of the World Series.

Manager Pat Murphy isn't expecting a one-off. 'He's not even scratching the surface of how good this kid can be,' Murphy said after the World Series, crediting the 6-foot-7 righty for winning over the clubhouse. Misiorowski joins Rollie Fingers (1981), Pete Vuckovich (1982) and Corbin Burnes (2021) as Brewers Cy Young winners.