Brewers predicted to make Jacob Misiorowski decision that would hurt Cy Young odds

The Milwaukee Brewers have one of the best pitchers in baseball dominating for them right now in 24-year-old flame-throwing right-hander Jacob Misiorowski.

He's the current NL Cy Young favorite, and while his recent outing was a bit rough, allowing five runs in five innings, he's still the favorite for the NL Cy Young Award.

However, MLB.com's Mark Feinsand is predicting that the Brewers will make a decision with Misiorowski that, while reasonable from a team and health perspective, would be a huge hit to his Cy Young chances this season.

Brewers predicted to make Jacob Misiorowski decision with huge Cy Young impact

"Jacob Misiorowski is a Cy Young favorite in the NL, but he's already thrown 104 innings, leaving him only 25 1/3 away from last season's career high," Feinsand writes. "The Brewers figure to monitor his innings during the second half, so the idea of him getting anywhere close to 200 seems far-fetched."

Feinsand is predicting that the Brewers will limit Misiorowski's innings this season in the second half after the All-Star break as a way to keep him healthy.

If they do so, and he falls well below 200 innings, as Feinsand is predicting, then it will be very difficult to win the NL Cy Young Award.

Cristopher Sanchez of the Philadelphia Phillies has made 18 starts in 2026; Misiorowski has made 17 so far. Sanchez leads all of MLB with 117 innings, while Misiorowski has 104 innings. That's 13 innings difference already, and that gap might widen.

Even though Misiorowski might have a better ERA (1.47 right now, best in MLB), if Sanchez can lower his 2.00 ERA a little further, while having north of 200 innings pitched as he did a year ago with 202, then his Cy Young chances would increase.

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This might be a tricky situation for the Brewers, as on one hand, seeing Misiorowski win the NL Cy Young would be incredible, but it might come at great risk, since he'd need to throw a lot more innings than he's ever done before.

He will beat that 129.1-inning career-high he set a year ago, as he's already up to 104 innings pitched this season, with all of July, August, and September to still go.

But reaching 200 innings, which Sanchez is sure to reach if he's healthy, might not happen based on this prediction from Feinsand.

Milwaukee being careful with Misiorowski's innings makes sense from a health perspective, but it could significantly hurt his NL Cy Young odds.

This will be a very interesting storyline to monitor as the 2026 season rolls along, and as the innings count for Misiorowski increases with each start.

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