Misiorowski wasn’t content being MLB’s hardest-throwing starter. Now he also might be the best | Sports

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski isn’t content with merely being the game’s hardest-throwing starting pitcher.

He’s intent on becoming the best. He already may be there.

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