Milwaukee / The 2026 pitching ballot
Jacob Misiorowski Wins Unanimous 2026 NL Cy Young Award
The radar gun made him must-watch. A 1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts and thirty first-place votes made him Milwaukee’s first unanimous Cy Young winner.
Ellie Shirt Editorial · November 13, 2026
The third pitch of the game was a foul ball. In the box score, that barely registers. On June 26 at American Family Field, though, Pete Crow-Armstrong fouled off a Jacob Misiorowski fastball clocked at 105.5 mph. That’s an unusually good introduction to Misiorowski’s season. The pitch that made everyone look up at the radar reading didn’t even record an out. There was still an entire game to pitch. Watch MLB’s clip of the pitch.
On November 11, 2026, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America named the Milwaukee Brewers right-hander the unanimous National League Cy Young Award winner. He received all 30 first-place votes and all 210 possible points. Cristopher Sánchez finished second with 99 points, one ahead of Chris Sale. Milwaukee had three previous Cy Young winners, but none had swept the ballot. The BBWAA results are the record of that vote. The Milwaukee Brewers collection follows the fan language that grew out of the season.
What the radar gun couldn’t tell you
A single pitch at 105.5 can tell you why people stopped what they were doing. It can’t tell you why all 30 writers chose the same pitcher. Misiorowski started 30 games, went 16–5, and struck out 252 batters in 174⅔ innings. His 1.80 ERA led the majors, and opponents hit .157 against him. The leap from the video clip to the ballot is the work between those pitches, repeated across a season. See the Brewers’ season totals.
“One of the biggest hurdles to jump was just trusting my stuff.” Jacob Misiorowski on his progress, via MLB.com
There’s another distinction Milwaukee fans will remember. Misiorowski won Games 1 and 5 of the World Series against Tampa Bay, and Game 5 clinched the franchise’s first championship. But Cy Young ballots were submitted before the postseason. October gave Milwaukee another reason to remember the year. It wasn’t the reason the writers put him first.
Where “UNANIMIZ” came from
MLB put the pun in plain sight when it shared the NL voting breakdown. “UnaniMIZ” replaces the end of unanimous with the pitcher’s nickname. It’s easy to read as a joke because the ballot underneath is so straightforward: thirty writers, thirty first-place votes. You don’t need to know his top velocity or remember which night he hit it to understand the word. The only prerequisite is knowing who “Miz” is.
One pitching pose, two shades of blue
The shirt doesn’t reproduce the ballot graphic. It takes the pun and builds a separate illustration around it. No. 32 is visible on the pitcher’s back as he stretches into his delivery. The headline splits visually at “MIZ,” with gold making the nickname stand out. Navy gives the light figure and lettering a sharper contrast. Light blue shifts the first half of the word to darker lettering and lets the white uniform carry more of the contrast. Both keep the same pose and award-year detail.
Questions about the 2026 NL Cy Young
Who won the 2026 National League Cy Young Award?
Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski won the award on November 11, 2026, with all 30 first-place votes and 210 points.
Was Misiorowski the first unanimous Brewers Cy Young winner?
Yes. He was the fourth Brewers pitcher to win a Cy Young Award and the first in franchise history to win it unanimously.
How fast did Jacob Misiorowski throw in 2026?
His fastest tracked pitch was a 105.5 mph fastball to Pete Crow-Armstrong on June 26, 2026, at American Family Field.
What does UNANIMIZ mean?
UNANIMIZ combines “unanimous” with Misiorowski’s nickname, “Miz.” MLB used the pun when it shared the National League voting breakdown.
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