Hate starter → Brilliant bullpen resurrection! Sasaki should be suspended vs. Miserrowski, you cut us offWho's 100 miles stronger
Oct 13, 2025
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The main characters are Loki Sasaki and Milwaukee's Jacob Miserrowski. The two pitchers are in a similar position in that they rediscovered their talent in the bullpen after being deprived of their starting positions. Above all, an interesting commonality is formed in that he is a hard-thrower who overwhelms batters with a powerful fastball of more than 100 miles.
Some predict that the direction of NLCS is on the shoulders of the two pitchers.
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In Game 4 of the Division Series (DS) against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 10th, he took the mound in the top of the eighth inning when the score was 1-1 and blocked nine batters perfectly in three innings until the 10th inning of overtime, setting the stage for a 2-1 finish victory.
Of the 36 pitches, 26 were strikes, and the speed of fastballs thrown 16 were up to 100.7 miles and an average of 99.5 miles. Both ball power and control were pitches that the Dodgers expected 'Sasaki'.
Sasaki selected the Dodgers among the teams that competed fiercely through posting last winter and joined the team for $6.5 million in the Cyning Bonus. However, after being included in the opening rotation, he was sluggish with an ERA of 4.72 in eight games, and was diagnosed with right shoulder collision syndrome and eventually made the injured list (IL). After more than four months of rehabilitation and a minor league appearance, he returned on the 25th of last month and seems to have successfully settled down by changing his position to a bullpen pitcher.
The driving force behind Sasaki's top-notch performance as a bullpen pitcher is that he recovered his fastball speed in the 100-mile range, mixed with his main weapon, splitter, and took away the timing of the batter and increased the swing rate.
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On July 9, when he allowed 12 strikeouts in six innings against the Dodgers and allowed four hits and one run, he was considered to be inferior to NL 'Rookie of the Year'. Although there were jagged aspects, it was enough to finish the first half with a 4-1 record and a 2.18 ERA, making it the next ace of Milwaukee.
However, the rookie's limitations were revealed in the second half. In early August against the Chicago Cubs, Seiya Suzuki's straight hit bruised left shin and went on the IL, but he rarely settled down after returning.
In the end, after being humiliated by being excluded from the rotation at the end of the season, he went to relief in his last appearance of the season on September 28 and finished the season with three hits and one run in two ⅓ innings. He was 1-2 with a 6.06 ERA in eight games between August and September, and could be excluded from the postseason roster.
However, Mizurauski, who dramatically joined the DS against the Cubs, took the mound in the third inning of the second game and won the relief victory with one hit, two walks, four strikeouts and no runs in three innings, and in the fifth inning, he blocked four innings with three hits, three strikeouts and one run, leading to a 3-1 victory and becoming a winning pitcher again.
In two DS games, he had two wins, two walks, seven strikeouts, one run, and an ERA of 1.29 in seven innings. Fastball speeds shot up to 104.3 miles and an average of 101.1 miles.
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Both team coaches were tongue-in-cheek at the pitching of the two players.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Mizarrowski, "(The regular season) he stopped our work."Milwaukee coach Pat Murphy admitted the ball, jokingly saying, `Sasaki threw a 100-mile splitter. That is not fair. We're trying to get a petition to the league secretariat to see if we can ban him from playing."
The roles of the two players in the NLCS are slightly different. Sasaki is a setup man or finish, and Miserauski is a long relief.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
