MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) Brewers star right-handed pitcher Jacob Misiorowski in ths year’s Cy Young winner, the award that goes to the best pitcher in baseball.
He received all 30 of the first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association.
Misiorowski had the lowest earned-run-average in baseball, and led the league in strikeouts. The 24-year-old struck out 252 batters, 38% of hitters he faced. His fastball averages 100.6 miles-per-hour, and earlier this year he was clocked at 105.5-mph, the fastest pitch ever recorded in baseball.
The award is for regular season achievements. The Miz was still posted a 1.89 ERA in post-season games.
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