Twins (Prielipp) vs Brewers (Misiorowski): 08/09/26, 1:10 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Brewers host the Twins as Misiorowski takes on Prielipp at American Family Field.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Trevor Megill	10	12	0	0	4	26
DL Hall	0	20	6	0	0	26
Chad Patrick	0	19	16	0	16	51
Antonio Senzatela	16	4	0	20	0	40
Abner Uribe	17	9	0	0	22	48
Aaron Ashby	0	0	19	0	8	27

[Brock Beauchamp]

No blackouts my ass. So I'm at our cabin in northern WI, on the MN border. I have the Twins.TV package because I live in the Twin Cities. I also have MLB.TV. Can I watch the Twins and Brewers play while I'm here in a blackout zone for both the Twins and Brewers? Nooooooo, of course not! Apparently I'd need to buy BOTH a Brewers.TV and Twins.TV package.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Frisbee Slider]

Seems pretty early in the year for a starting pitcher to eclipse 200 strikeouts. And yet, Miz is only five away.

[Turning2]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

No blackouts my ass. So I'm at our cabin in northern WI, on the MN border. I have the Twins.TV package because I live in the Twin Cities. I also have MLB.TV. Can I watch the Twins and Brewers play while I'm here in a blackout zone for both the Twins and Brewers? Nooooooo, of course not! Apparently I'd need to buy BOTH a Brewers.TV and Twins.TV package.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

We're in the northwoods, full time transplants from that loony state. Last year was the first time I've ever bought a TV package. My son and wife are native MN, so have a Twins rooting interest. I bought the MLB.TV package so we could watch both teams. Ended up they couldn't watch the Twins, and I couldn't get the head to head matchup whether they were in MIL or MPLS. I gave up trying to figure it out. This year, I just bought the Brewers.TV. Can't remember if we were able to watch the MPLS series, but we do get their head to head in this series at MIL. Just plain stupid to make your customers work so hard to buy your product. In these cases, I just stay off social media and wait until the game is available for viewing after the live concludes. I have plenty of to do lists that need my attention anyway. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, Turning2 said:

We're in the northwoods, full time transplants from that loony state. Last year was the first time I've ever bought a TV package. My son and wife are native MN, so have a Twins rooting interest. I bought the MLB.TV package so we could watch both teams. Ended up they couldn't watch the Twins, and I couldn't get the head to head matchup whether they were in MIL or MPLS. I gave up trying to figure it out. This year, I just bought the Brewers.TV. Can't remember if we were able to watch the MPLS series, but we do get their head to head in this series at MIL. Just plain stupid to make your customers work so hard to buy your product. In these cases, I just stay off social media and wait until the game is available for viewing after the live concludes. I have plenty of to do lists that need my attention anyway. 

There's just no reason for this, and MLB was supposed to fix this BS. If someone has the .TV package for one of the teams, just let them watch the damn game no matter who they're playing.

If this is still the case with blackouts, it means Iowa is still a MESS for baseball fans. With six teams blacked out, having a .TV package will be of limited utility, as the six teams will constantly be playing one another.

[sveumrules]

The first year I have memories of MLB are 1986...pulling an Earnie Riles in my first ever pack of Topps, being confused why Teddy Higuera would have to hit against Fernando Valenzuela in the All Star Game when he didn't even hit in his own regular season games, watching that grounder go through Buckner's legs.

Turns out that was forty years ago now. In those forty years, 2026 Misio is one of 4,597 individual pitcher seasons of at least 120 IP. Some of his ranks on that leaderboard...

39 ERA- (4th)
Only 2000 Pedro and 94/95 Madduxes are better.

48 FIP- (t-6th to 9th)
Tied with 2000 Pedro, 2018 Sale, and 2022 Strider. 2021 Burnes is 2nd with a 38.

186 K%+ (18th)
Misio's raw 40.6 K% is #1 on the list, but when we account for the rising K rate over time he gets passed by fifteen different Randy, Nolan, and Pedro seasons plus 1988 Clemens and 1998 Wood.

.145 AVG and 60 AVG+ (both first)
Second place in raw batting average allowed is 2021 Peralta at .164, 2000 Pedro just behind at .166. Even accounting for the fact that is harder than ever to get hits Misio still holds down the top spot in AVG+ just ahead of 2000 Pedro at 61.

0.73 WHIP (2nd)
Just below 2016 Kershaw at 0.72 and just above 2000 Pedro at 0.74, the only three seasons in the sample below a 0.80 WHIP.

All of the above has been greatly facilitated by Misio reigning in his walk rate from an 11.4 BB% in 2025 down to a 6.0 BB% so far this year.

[igor67]

So great in the sense of directly comparable to the best seasons put up by the HOFers of the last 40 years... I can live with that.

[Frisbee Slider]

Fun fact: Lyon Richardson is a switch hitter.  Very interesting given his zero career plate appearances in the minors and majors. 🙂🤷‍♂️