Jacob Misiorowski

Misiorowski is a massively projectable juco arm with plenty of stuff to get excited about. Listed at 6-foot-7, 190 pounds, Misiorowski is long and lean with plenty of room for future strength gains, but long limbs that cause him trouble in repeating his delivery. This spring with Crowder (Mo.) JC, the righthander posted a 2.72 ERA over 15 starts and 76 innings, striking out 136 batters and walking 45. His control was well below-average early in the season, but he made progress and improved his strike throwing later in the year as more and more teams started running in to see him. He’s pitched heavily off a mid-90s fastball that sits 94-96 and has been up into the 100-101 mph range at peak, with impressive spin and carry. He gets a tremendous amount of swing and miss on the pitch at the top of the zone and has used it to overwhelm juco hitters. Misiorowski also throws a hard, mid-80s slider that has gotten up to 90-91 mph, with impressive sweep and hard break when he snaps off a good one. The pitch flashes plus and has improved in power throughout the spring. Misiorowski gets good extension off the mound and has a lower release height, which should allow his stuff to play up even more. He’ll need to continue improving his command within the zone and develop a third pitch to profile as a starter, but he has back-of-the-bullpen upside and stuff. Misiorowski is committed to Louisiana State.