{
  "id": 8078799,
  "title": "Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski gets ridiculous snub from ESPN analyst in Cy Young race",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/brewers-jacob-misiorowski-gets-ridiculous-snub-from-espn-analyst-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T18:56:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/brewers-jacob-misiorowski-gets-ridiculous-185634919.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National League Cy Young race has been highly competitive this season, featuring top pitchers from multiple teams. Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski, along with Philadelphia Phillies aces Cristopher Sanchez, Zack Wheeler, Jesus Luzardo, and Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale, have been strong contenders for the award. However, ESPN analyst Bradford Doolittle's advanced metric, AXE, has Sanchez as the clear favorite for the NL Cy Young award, despite Misiorowski being the more deserving recipient. Misiorowski's 6.0 bWAR is lower than Sanchez's 17.4, but his record of 15-5 with a 1.89 ERA over 28 starts and 243 strikeouts in 166.1 innings of work make him a strong candidate for the award. Doolittle acknowledges that Misiorowski is the deserving winner, despite his metric favoring Sanchez.",
  "summary": "This snub of Jacob Misiorowski makes no sense at this point in the season.",
  "key_points": [
    "Jacob Misiorowski leads NL Cy Young race with 15-5 record",
    "ESPN analyst Bradford Doolittle favors Cristopher Sanchez",
    "Misiorowski's 6.0 bWAR lower than Sanchez's 17.4"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}