Aaron Judge is convinced: Jacob Misiorowski is one of MLB's best pitchers

Aaron Judge had watched all the videos of Jacob Misiorowski before stepping into the box against him for the first time May 8 with the New York Yankees at American Family Field. Seeing it in person, though, Judge was blown away. In many ways.

After going 0 for 3 with a pair of strikeouts on Misiorowski’s face-melting fastball, the best hitter in baseball was singing the praises of the Milwaukee Brewers 23-year-old right-hander. “He's definitely up there at the top of the list with a lot of the great pitchers I've seen over the years, but also in the game right now,” Judge said before the second game of the series May 9. So there you have it: Misiorowski has the attention – and more importantly, the respect – of the game’s elite.

“Incredible young pitcher,” said Judge, the three-time American League most valuable player. “He was an all-star last year for a reason. Anyone that can run it up to 103 miles an hour and have some good feel for that, plus his two off-speed pitches, man, it definitely makes for a tough, tough at-bat and a long day.

” On his way to averaging 101. 1 mph on his fastball and striking out 11 across six scoreless innings in a 6-0 victory , Misiorowski saved his best for the Yankees’ titan slugger. In their first matchup in the top of the first, Misiorowski uncorked four fastballs, each topping 103 mph.