The Milwaukee Brewers’ prominent battery, Jacob Misiorowski and William Contreras, has been named to the National League All-Star Team.
Misiorowski famously made last year’s All-Star Game (as a way-down-the-line injury replacement, it should be said) having made just five major-league appearances. If there were questions over whether he’d earned that last year, there obviously are not this year. Miz leads the majors in ERA (1.47), strikeouts (156), FIP (1.97), WHIP (0.779), and hits per nine (4.7).
He is one of the top contenders for National League Cy Young, and his selection was a no-brainer.
Contreras has been selected to his third All-Star Game. He previously made it with the Braves in 2022 and the Brewers in 2024. Contreras got off to a bit of a slow start offensively but he’s hitting for a high average, and has added some pop lately. He’s also one of a trio of Brewers with over 50 RBI; he and Brice Turang have 51 each, just behind team leader Jake Bauers (52).
At least before the usual cavalcade of injury replacements come down the line, the Brewers have just two All-Stars despite holding the second-best record in baseball. The other two teams atop the National League, the Braves and Dodgers, both have five All-Star selections; other teams in the NL who have two include the Nationals, Giants, Reds, Marlins, and Diamondbacks.
Players we can count as snubs include second baseman Brice Turang, first baseman Jake Bauers, starting pitcher Kyle Harrison, and reliever Trevor Megill. The fan voting played at least some role, here; the inclusion of Ozzie Albies as the NL’s starting second baseman created a numbers crunch that hurt Turang, who had a far more deserving case than Albies did. He’s probably the most egregious omission, but a case could’ve been made for any of these other guys, and maybe even for Jackson Chourio, even though he missed six weeks.
The All-Star Game is on Sunday, July 12th in Philadelphia.
