Milwaukee Brewers Pitcher of the Month: August 2026

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Honorable Mentions
Aaron Ashby
12 GS, 14 ⅓ IP, 0.63 ERA, 2.32 FIP, 36.2 K%, 10.3 BB%
It's been a season of ups and downs for Ashby. After getting off to an outstanding start as the Brewers’ bullpen workhorse, a summer slump threatened to derail his season. Across 24 ⅔ innings in June and July, he posted a 6.57 ERA with four blown saves.

Luckily, Ashby got back on the horse in August and had his best month of the season. He gave up just one earned run this month, on a solo homer to Michael Harris II, and made some small but meaningful adjustments to make his pitches more difficult to square up. In August, opposing hitters made contact in the strike zone just 81.5% of the time and had a ground ball rate of 77.4%.

Statistical Nugget: Ashby’s slider has been his best pitch this year by run value (5). Hitters are slugging just .189 while whiffing 56.4% of the time.

Trevor Megill
11 G, 12 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2.67 FIP, 17.1 K%, 7.3 BB%
It seems like an eternity ago at this point, but there was a point this season at which Megill was pitching so poorly that he was removed from the closer role. Given his 6.55 ERA across his first 11 innings, the decision was unsurprising.

Since then, he has been so dominant that his season ERA of 2.24 would lead you to forget he was ever anything other than elite. From May 1st onward, Megill has posted a 1.09 ERA with a 1.61 FIP over 41 ⅓ innings, a span that ended with a scoreless August.

His fastball is better than ever. His knuckle curve is better than ever. He’s better than ever. The Brewers started the year with concerns about his ability to remain consistent in high leverage and now it seems the only concern they’ll have is how much they may have to pay him in arbitration next year.

Statistical Nugget: Megill is tied with Mason Miller and Adrian Morejon for the most fWAR accumulated by a reliever since May 1st (2.0).

Logan Henderson
5 GS, 32 ⅓ IP, 2.23 ERA, 3.98 FIP, 27.4 K%, 4.3 BB%
If Logan Henderson didn’t do enough to impress you last year, then surely he has put himself on your radar this year. Aside from pitching to an enticing 2.48 ERA and 3.29 FIP over 76 ⅓ innings this year, he also made headlines after the Brewers allegedly rejected a proposal that would’ve sent him to the Tigers in exchange for Tarik Skubal.

He continued what’s technically still his rookie campaign with an outstanding August. Two of his best starts of the season by Game Score came in this month — a seven-inning start against the Rangers and a seven-inning start against the Dodgers, holding both teams to just one earned run.

The final month of the regular season will come with some roster decisions for Milwaukee, namely deciding how they want to configure their postseason rotation. With Kyle Harrison hitting some road bumps lately, Henderson could find himself right behind Jacob Misiorowski if he continues to perform at this level.

Statistical Nugget: Henderson averages 2,558 RPM on his changeup. Only Trevor Richards (2,559) and Devin Williams (2,612) spin the ball more.

Pitcher of the Month — Jacob Misiorowski
5 GS, 31 IP, 2.32 ERA, 2.63 FIP, 32.2 K%, 6.1 BB%
August was arguably the worst month of the season for Misiorowski since April. Of course, that’s somewhat of a misleading statement because he still pitched to strong numbers. After posting a 0.54 ERA from May 1st to June 30th, anything short of utter dominance can feel disappointing but he’s still the leading candidate for this year’s NL Cy Young award.

Hitters still aren’t touching his fastball, they’re still getting cooked by his cutter, and they’re still failing to square up his breaking balls. He still has more fWAR (5.7) than any pitcher other than Cristopher Sánchez (who has three more starts and 24 ⅓ more innings of work). He’s undoubtedly the best arm talent in Milwaukee and perhaps the entire sport.

Statistical Nugget: Misiorowski has a higher whiff rate (41.0%) on his four-seam fastball than any pitcher in baseball this year.