Earlier this week, top pitching prospect Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers was thrown into the fire as he matched up with legendary pitcher Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers. This would mark Misiorowski's fourth career start.

Milwaukee Brewers rookie pitcher Jacob Misiorowski said that giving up a home run to Shohei Ohtani inspired him to dominate the Dodgers.

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Shohei Ohtani greeted Jacob Misiorowski with a leadoff homer, but the Milwaukee Brewers' rookie phenom got the last word. After allowing Ohtani's 431-foot blast, Misiorowski responded with another dominant outing.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani praised Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski, who struck out 12 over six innings in a 3–1 win over Los Angeles.

"He’s just out of the egg... he’s still got gooey stuff coming off him." Look, if you're gonna describe a pitcher that way I'm gonna need to know more

After getting knocked around for the first time in his previous outing, Jacob Misiorowski got up off the mat, dusted himself off, and threw one heck of a counterpunch Tuesday against the Dodgers. It was the kind of performance that sure makes Misiorowski look like a budding superstar,

It's misery. Jacob Misiorowski's arsenal that is. The 100-plus mile per hour heaters are tough to hit, no doubt. But it's about more than the fastball with this kid. He can start his upper 90s slider in the strike zone and make hitters think it's the fastball and leave them waving at something they don't have a chance to touch when it's moving at its best.