Good News: Grain Valley's Misiorowski makes Major League debut Thursday

by Bill Althaus, Grain Valley News


Jacob Misiorowski, a graduate of Grain Valley High School, almost missed one of the biggest calls of his life early Tuesday morning.

It was from Rick Sweet, his AA Nashville Sounds manager, telling the lanky right-hander that he was being called up to the parent team Milwaukee Brewers.

But when Misiorowski saw Potential Spam on his cell phone, he didn't answer

"It was actually a phone call at 9 a.m.," said Misiorowski, who was all smiles as he met with the Milwaukee media Wednesday afternoon in the Brewers dugout. "It popped up with possible spam over it and it was from a wireless caller so I declined it the first time and then he texted me and said 'Hey, this is your head coach. You need to answer the phone.'

"So, I answered it then and he was like 'Well, you're going to want to wake up for this one.' It was good."

Misiorowski, who missed out on his senior season with the Eagles because of the COVID shutdown, was taken in the second round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft.

Milwaukee’s fourth overall prospect, is 4-2 this season with a 2.13 ERA in 13 games (12 starts) for Nashville.He struck out 80 batters in just 63.1 innings, and has a fastball that has been clocked at over 103 mph this season.

There has been talk of Misiorowski joining the Brewers as either a starter or reliever, but for the time being, he will be a starter.

"I'm just happy to be here," he said, grinning. "Coach told me to go out and perform, and that's what I plan on doing."

After the call from his minor league manager, Misiorowski called his parents in Grain Valley, then made a coach to Eagles coach Brian Driskell, who will be in attendance Thursday night when his former standout makes his big-league debut.

"He called about 10:30 and he was really excited," Driskell said. "It's a dream come true - and it meant a lot to me that he gave me a call."

Misiorowski was 6-1 with a 2.89 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 36 innings as a sophomore and made a meteoric rise as a junior, going 9-2 with a 1.40 ERA and 67 strikeouts in just 47 innings.

He allowed just 10 earned runs all season, as Driskell started to notice dozens of major league scouts in the stands with their radar run.

“The sky's the limit with Jacob,” his high school coach said. “

The reality is he's always been healthy, and lucky – because of the few injuries he's had, they have been lower-body injuries – and he's really good.

​“The kid has a rubber arm and I think he's going to be success in the majors.”

Grain Valley High School graduate Jacob Misiorowski will be on the mound when the Milwaukee Brewers play host to the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday night. Misiorowski was called up from AA Nashville on Tuesday. Photo courtesy Milwaukee Brewers