The Milwaukee Brewers clinched their first-ever World Series title Wednesday night, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in five games at Tropicana Field. It wasn’t just a win, it was a historic triumph fueled by a ridiculously young roster that proved youth truly reigns supreme. This team, with a payroll in the bottom half of the league, played like a bunch of kids who didn’t know they were supposed to lose, and now they’re champions.
Misiorowski: The Kid With The Unhittable Heat
You want to talk about dominance? Look no further than 24-year-old starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski. This flamethrower is the favorite for this year’s NL Cy Young, and for good reason. He put up a 16-5 record with a ridiculous 1.80 ERA and 252 strikeouts in the regular season. But stats barely tell the story here. Misiorowski set an MLB record in May, throwing 57 pitches over 100 mph in a single game. Then he became the first pitcher in MLB history to hurl over 1,000 pitches at 100-plus mph in a single season.
In Game 1 of the World Series, he fired off the fastest pitch in the Fall Classic, a ridiculous 103.5 mph heater, right from his first throw. He kept that going, too, with 38 pitches over 100 mph in that game, the most ever in a World Series contest. Brewers captain Christian Yelich summed it up: “He’s come a long way since last year where he was a young kid with a lot of ability and natural talent… he’s come a long way, like learning himself as a pitcher and learning how to pitch… he’s matured a lot, he’s gotten to know himself a lot, he’s gotten confident, and he continues to get better.” Misiorowski also joined an exclusive club as one of only two pitchers age 24 or younger to start Game 1 of the Division Series, LCS, and World Series in the same postseason. He even picked up the World Series-clinching win in Game 5, throwing 5 ⅔ scoreless innings and only allowing a couple of hits. Yeah, the kid is for real.
Chourio’s Bat And A Roster Built For The Future
While Misiorowski was shutting down hitters, Jackson Chourio was a leadoff catalyst doing damage with his bat. At just 22 years old, Chourio had career highs across the board: a .291 batting average, 96 runs, 152 hits, 25 home runs, 47 walks, and 23 stolen bases. This dude is a 20-20 machine, becoming only the third player in major league history to kick off his career with at least three straight 20-homer, 20-steal seasons. Twenty-eight-year-old William Contreras was the deserving MVP, with all his clutch hitting and stellar play behind the plate. And let’s not forget Cooper Pratt, another 22-year-old shortstop who played a key role in this historic run.
So what’s next? For Milwaukee, it’s a celebration that’s been 57 years in the making, and it’s well deserved. For the rest of the league, it’s staring down a champion built on talent, not just dollars, with a core that’s barely old enough to rent a car. This Brewers squad just rewrote the script, and they’re only just getting started.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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