Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski speaks with reporters

Yeah, but, I mean, right now all I'm thinking about is game one, you know? For me, like, this is the spot we want to be in, and, you know, we're lucky enough to be here and have the opportunity with everything that might happen or could happen. So, for right now, I could care less about all that stuff. Go to Adam, right side of the middle row. Jacob, in the last week or so, as you've analyzed your first two postseason starts, without giving away a game plan for game one, What have you learned about the way that these two great offenses, great lineups approached you and what might have to change or what doesn't change going into the Rays? Yeah, I mean, I don't think there's much at all that needs to change. You know, obviously the Padres and Dodgers both had a good approach of just fouling stuff off. You know, I bet the Tampa Bay is going to do pretty much the same thing, you know. So, I mean, I think I just got to stick to my strengths and pound the zone. go to the third row on the right. Miz, I don't know if you saw it or not, after the win in Los Angeles the other night, I interviewed a young fan with cerebral palsy, literally cannot walk, and he was overcome with joy. And I said, who are your favorite players? And he said, Jackson, Churio, and the Miz. And I'm just wondering, whether you've seen it or not, do you give yourself time to think about the effect you have on these fans and the joy you bring to a young 13-year-old kid who can't play the game ever but is so happy for you that you're going to the World Series? um uh yeah i mean i did i saw the video no uh it's honestly incredible just having that effect on people so no i mean i really don't have words for it you know it just it's okay i didn't it's cool yeah i mean i don't know how to answer that one you know there's a it's an honor to be in that spot in that situation to have that effect on a fan and someone of you know just anyone so it's it's cool it's really cool we'll come down here to the twin strikers you must be so excited to start game one of the world series and everyone knows how big of a pokemon fan you are so what pokemon energy are you bringing to the mound on game one oh you definitely flame definitely the flame energy you know gonna bring uh what's charizard's signature move i think it's fireball you know kind of bring some fireballs so i'll be ready go up to mark on the far right. You faced the Rays in that series here the second series of the season their lineup changed a little bit what do you see as the what or who do you see as the biggest challenges in that lineup if you've done your research for this start? Honestly I mean you know it's the normal suspects you got Diaz you got Camero and Simpson I mean all those guys I mean there's obviously more to go in that lineup but I mean those are the big three that everyone talks about and you know those are the guys you have to look after so you know obviously I believe Diaz got me early in the year and you know change a little bit you know don't change much you know if he hits another one congrats you know that's it's baseball go all the way up in the right hand corner at the Jordan Jacob can you talk about your relationship with Logan Henderson what it's been like to be teammates some of the minors and you guys kind of leading the rotation this year yeah um yeah it's wild it's wild the fact that we're both you know our second year and being the one two for the team is, it's incredible. No, Hendy's been an absolute legend through the minors, and he's amazing. What a wonderful guy he is. There's a lot to be said about him, but no, it's cool to see the growth that he's had with all of his pitches, especially that changeup, so it's really cool to build off that. Go to Kurt in the fourth row. Hey Miz, when you think about these last two playoff outings, where your stuff has been, where the execution is, where you feel physically how would you assess where you're at where you were at in those those couple of outings yeah i mean i feel good you know i feel like uh the first one might have been a little under what i expected but the second one was pretty much right where i wanted to be um no i mean i think i just i finally figured it out in game two of not getting off my end goal and doing what i need to do to succeed and not trying to play their game so i think i need to do more of that go to the fourth row on the far right hey Miz when you look at people say oh he's a thrower not a pitcher and vice versa you've heard all the cliches for somebody with your velo how would you describe your development from Crowder to you know coming into the organization to where you are now yeah i mean i definitely was a thrower you know in college high school all that you know that was the goal to throw it as hard as you can but um no with the with the guys here You know, everyone in the pitching lab, they've really helped me go a long way and take that next step to be a pitcher and not just a thrower. So, I mean, I joke around saying middle, middle, and pray, but that is a big key for me in the fact of just not walking guys. Like, you know, making guys respect me and respect me in the zone is definitely huge for my improvement. We'll stay there with Jesse. Brandon Woodruff's talked so much about, like, your work ethic. I'm wondering if you could kind of reverse it. What have you seen out of him trying to get to this point? It would be a big boost in that room if he was on the roster. What can you say about Brandon? Yeah, I mean, Big Wu is an awesome human being. He's in there every day working. If that's just, you know, at the beginning when he was unknown what was going to happen, it was tough to watch. And then you still see this dude day in and day out doing his thing, trying to get back. no it's it's really cool to have a guy like that just grinding and pushing so hard to have a chance at being being with us so it's it's amazing but bradford down here on the left jake uh 1982 before your time mike caldwell started game one of the world series for the brewers tomorrow night you will be the second guy in franchise history to start game one of a world series have you allowed yourself to just think what it means to start a world series like that no it's just another game you know uh it's it's honestly an honor to be in that situation and be able to you know go out and try and propel the team to a win so um no it's it's awesome it's awesome to be considered as game one starter so you know can't look too deep into it right now you know off season then we can start thinking about it jake will do two more standing up on the right side in the front hey Jacob how you doing congratulations on your start tomorrow I wanted to ask you you grew up a Kansas City Royals fan I assume you were watching with close attention in 2014 and 2015 when they went to the World Series back-to-back years does this Brewers team remind you at all of those teams from the mid-2010s how they kind of reinvented the way teams were trying to find success in the league yeah of course yeah no I mean pretty similar in you know ideas so it's it's cool that you know you don't have to be the team to hit 170 home runs a game or whatever you know it's you can win a baseball game so many different ways and i think that's also the you know caveat of baseball is there's no one way to win a baseball game you know you can win it by stealing three bags you can win it by hitting one home run you know it's it's all different take one last one up in the fifth row in the middle Hey, Jacob. Pat Murphy famously gives out nicknames for his players. I'm curious to know what your nickname is, and then on a more serious note, how he's allowed you to grow and mature as a player and a person. Yeah, I mean, as he was walking out, he called me Forrest Gump, so that's a pretty common one he's been giving me. No, I mean, it's funny, and yeah, he's been awesome. Obviously, second year in the league, so I'm still fresh to all this and have no idea what the hell's going on, sorry. But, no, he's, you know, if I ever have any questions, you know, that's the first guy I'm going to asking anything. He doesn't care. He might give me a stupid answer and I might give a stupid question. So it's a back and forth and it's a lot of fun. All right, Jacob, thanks. We'll see you tomorrow.