{"id":598567,"date":"2026-02-28T19:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/598567\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T19:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:08:13","slug":"jacob-misiorowski-talks-replacing-freddy-peralta-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/598567\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Misiorowski talks replacing Freddy Peralta in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> are entering the 2026 MLB season with a new identity atop their pitching staff, and rising talent Jacob Misiorowski<\/a> understands exactly what that entails. After the organization traded longtime ace Freddy Peralta<\/a> to the New York Mets in January, the spotlight has shifted squarely to the second-year phenom as a cornerstone of the Brewers\u2019 rotation in 2026.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee dealt the 29-year-old Peralta<\/a> in a multi-player move that returned several top prospects, signaling the franchise\u2019s effort to balance long-term sustainability with immediate contention. The trade reshaped expectations within the pitching staff and elevated the young right-hander\u2019s profile across the league. Evaluators now view him as a potential front-of-the-rotation arm following a breakout rookie campaign.<\/p>\n

He debuted in 2025 and quickly surged into national prominence, earning an MLB All-Star selection during the first half of the season despite making just five starts. That rapid rise positioned him as a foundational piece of the 2026 rotation and intensified questions about how the club would collectively replace Peralta\u2019s innings and veteran leadership.<\/p>\n

During MLB Network\u2019s \u201c30 Clubs, 30 Camps\u201d spring training<\/a> coverage, a clip shared on X, formerly Twitter, spotlighted the 6-foot-7 flamethrowing right-hander\u2019s rapid rise to an All-Star nod last season and featured him addressing whether he feels comfortable stepping<\/a> into a staff-leading role following the Peralta trade as he prepares for an expanded role in Year 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, yeah. I mean, I think that\u2019s the goal every year. But we\u2019ve got Woo, Priester, Chad, and guys coming up as well who are going to help with that, too. So it\u2019s going to be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Replacing the club\u2019s former ace will not fall on one arm alone. The Brewers are counting on a collective rise<\/a> from their emerging starters, but the right-hander\u2019s poise and accelerated development suggest he is prepared to set the tone. With expectations elevated and opportunity in front of him, he appears ready to lead the next evolution of Milwaukee\u2019s rotation in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Brewers are entering the 2026 MLB season with a new identity atop their pitching staff, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2401],"tags":[5,136,753,11714,843,59,4280,4,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-598567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-brewers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-brewers","10":"tag-freddy-peralta","11":"tag-jacob-misiorowski","12":"tag-milwaukee","13":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","14":"tag-milwaukeebrewers","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-spring-training"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116149833272810462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}