In a matchup of two of the most effective pitching prospects in baseball, 23-year-old Misiorowski obtained again on observe with the primary seven-inning begin of his profession, whereas 22-year-old Chandler surrendered extra runs and hits in his first Main League begin (9 apiece) than he recorded outs (eight) within the Brewers’ 10-2 win over the Pirates on Sunday at PNC Park.
Milwaukee accomplished a sequence sweep of a Pittsburgh crew that had simply swept the Dodgers, and it matched the high-water mark for the season – and franchise historical past – at 34 video games over .500 (89-55) by leaping throughout Chandler, who’s the top-ranked pitching prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline. The suitable-hander had three multi-inning reduction outings on his Main League résumé earlier than making his first profession begin on Sunday, and the Brewers greeted the event by scoring 4 runs on 4 hits and one stroll within the first inning, one run within the second and 4 extra within the third earlier than Chandler was changed with two outs by reliever Colin Holderman.
“I wouldn’t say I’m wherever close to a veteran at this level, however the largest factor is simply hold going,” mentioned Misiorowski, who has 12 huge league begins within the books. “I imply, I had just a few tough ones, and also you’re right here for a cause. So that you’re going to determine it out.”
Misiorowski is aware of the sensation. Known as up in June as MLB Pipeline’s No. 4-ranked Brewers prospect and No. 68 total, he took MLB by storm in June and early July however had faltered of late, going 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA over his previous 5 begins going into Sunday. He obtained again on observe towards the Pirates’ Thirtieth-ranked offense by permitting three hits and just one run for his first victory since breaking Paul Skenes’ report for the fewest huge league begins previous to an invite to pitch within the All-Star Recreation.
Misiorowski walked the primary two hitters he confronted however issued no extra the remainder of the sport, retiring 16 of the 17 hitters he confronted after yielding Liover Peguero’s RBI single within the second inning, together with 13 in a row to complete his outing.
“He’s obtained a microscope on him from all you guys, proper? As a result of he began so good and obtained a lot consideration for himself,” Brewers supervisor Pat Murphy mentioned. “Now he’s over the quantity of innings he’s ever pitched, what number of pitches he’s ever thrown, and he’s doing it on a giant league stage the place there’s quite a bit on the road. I can solely let you know that this can be a nice studying expertise for him, and he answered the bell at present.
“Below regular circumstances, might he have been out of that recreation early? Yeah. However he settled in and confirmed he has the resiliency to make these changes.”
Misiorowski threw a career-high 108 pitches (74 strikes) to match Freddy Peralta’s season excessive for the Brewers – and an expert excessive for Misiorowski, who topped out within the Minors at 99 pitches in a Could 9 begin for Triple-A Nashville. His seven innings matched his profession excessive as an expert.
“Unexpectedly his tempo was good. He was on time. And I am like, ‘Why would we take him out? It is nearly as good as he is regarded,’” Murphy mentioned. “The fourth, fifth and sixth have been higher than the primary three. I used to be involved within the first three.”
“We simply couldn’t do something with him after that,” Pirates supervisor Don Kelly mentioned.
Chandler (MLB Pipeline’s No. 2 Pirates prospect, No. 7 total) has all of the instruments to make an analogous bounceback, with triple-digit velocity that rivals Misiorowski’s. Known as up from Triple-A Indianapolis on Aug. 22, Chandler made his debut that night time towards the Rockies at PNC Park. He pitched 4 scoreless innings in a bulk reduction function and was credited with a save.
Chandler labored 4 extra scoreless innings in his subsequent outing on Aug. 27 on the Cardinals to get his first MLB win. On Tuesday, Chandler obtained one other win, although the Dodgers scored three runs towards him in 4 innings.
Nonetheless, Chandler’s first begin didn’t go practically as easily, as his ERA rose from 2.25 to 7.36. The Brewers targeted on the fastball and selected the proper ones to assault, with Andrew Vaughn main the best way with a career-high-tying 4 hits and Jake Bauers including two hits and two RBIs to complete 6-for-12 with six RBIs within the sequence whereas Christian Yelich sat with a sore again.
All that got here after Pirates starters had been charged with simply 13 earned runs within the earlier 16 video games.
“I felt nice,” Chandler mentioned. “I don’t assume I did a great job of sequencing or touchdown stuff early. Once I began to do it, I simply sort of felt like I obtained in a rhythm and was sort of simply throwing. Possibly not making an attempt to compete as laborious as I can, however possibly I might’ve completed one thing in a different way with the end result. Acquired to get higher.”
Over within the guests’ clubhouse, Murphy pointed to William Contreras’ first-inning stroll because the plate look that outlined the Brewers’ method. Chandler was forward within the depend 0-2, then threw three consecutive offspeed pitches out of the strike zone. At Triple-A, maybe he will get a hitter to chase. However Contreras resisted that urge, and when Chandler missed once more with a fastball, it loaded the bases for Bauers’ two-run double.
“That was the important thing to the entire thing, not chasing when a pitcher doesn’t have his greatest stuff and the fastball isn’t enjoying up the best way it usually does,” Murphy mentioned. “However this child appears to be like phenomenal. What a expertise, what an athlete. He regarded like a powerful security in soccer.”
In Kelly’s eyes, Chandler ought to develop from the roughest outing of his nascent profession.
Similar to Misiorowski has drawn classes from his occasional stumbles.
“Baseball’s a troublesome recreation to play typically, particularly right here on the huge league stage,” Kelly mentioned. “There’s simply all the time one thing difficult guys, and they’re all the time persevering with to find out about how they’ll make changes and get higher.
“Understanding the competitor Bubba is, he’ll be again to the drafting board with [pitching coach] Oscar [Marin] and the pitching group discovering some methods to study from this recreation.”
