MILWAUKEE (AP) 鈥� Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy says the Brewers want to monitor Jacob Misiorowski鈥檚 workload coming out of the All-Star break.
The first example of that came Monday night.
Misiorowski worked just four innings in an over the New York Mets that marked his first appearance since pitching seven innings in a at St. Louis. The Brewers from a scheduled July 12 start in Pittsburgh due to arm fatigue, and he didn鈥檛 pitch in the last week despite getting selected to the team for a second straight year.
鈥淚 think we take that as kind of a reset,鈥� Murphy said before the game. 鈥淣ow I think we have to build him back up and make sure that we are mindful of it.鈥�
Misiorowski struck out six Monday while allowing one unearned run, four hits and a walk. Twenty-six of his 65 pitches went at least 100 mph, and he topped out at 104 mph on a first-inning fastball to Juan Soto. He reached 102 mph on 12 pitches, though all but one of them came in the first inning.
Murphy noted after the game that limiting Misiorowski to four innings wasn鈥檛 simply a matter of being careful with the flamethrowing right-hander. He said it was more a matter of 鈥渏ust being mindful of when a guy鈥檚 not right.鈥�
鈥淲e would have probably let him go further if his delivery and his legs felt great,鈥� Murphy said. 鈥淚 think he was a little bit out of it. The long layoff kind of affected his delivery and everything else. I think it was important to notice that and get him out of there then. The velo dropped. He couldn鈥檛 find the rhythm on his heater and went to off-speed stuff.鈥�
Misiorowski acknowledged that it felt a little more difficult than usual pitching Monday after such a long layoff.
鈥淥f course,鈥� Misiorowski said. 鈥淚 felt like I wasn鈥檛 in my legs as well as I should have been, but I felt halfway decent. Good enough.鈥�
The Brewers have reason to be careful with their star as he makes his way through his first full season in the big leagues.
Misiorowski already has pitched 115 innings this season. He worked last year, including his regular-season totals in the majors and minors plus his 12 postseason innings during Milwaukee鈥檚 run to the .
The Brewers (63-37) have the best record in the major leagues and lead the Chicago Cubs by seven games in the NL Central. Misiorowski has been baseball鈥檚 best pitcher, and the Brewers鈥� chances of making a deep postseason run likely depend on him staying healthy and effective.
Misiorowski hasn鈥檛 allowed an earned run in eight of his last 13 starts, and he owns a 9-2 record and 0.87 ERA during that stretch. He has a 1.57 ERA and 173 strikeouts this season to lead the majors in both categories.
The 24-year-old said after Monday鈥檚 game that he鈥檚 hopeful he can go longer in his next start and can ramp his way back up quickly after this recent time off. Misiorowski had spent the offseason preparing for the greater workload he expected to encounter this year.
鈥淭he offseason last year, we focused on legs and doing all that stuff to get myself ready for this track of the year,鈥� Misiorowski said. 鈥淚 feel good where I鈥檓 at. Ready to go.鈥�
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