The Milwaukee Brewers are up 2-0 on the San Diego Padres in the NLDS, with a chance to clinch their NLCS berth Tuesday night.
This Brewers team looks poised to make a deep October run, potentially into the World Series, as they search for their first title. If they get there, players like Jacob Misiorowski could become MLB legends with a great performance or two.
That’s what ESPN’s Eric Karabell is predicting will happen for Misiorowski and the Brewers, as he’s predicting the likely NL Cy Young winner will start a combined no-hitter in the World Series in a prediction that’s incredibly unlikely to happen.
Brewers predicted to throw a no-hitter, led by Misiorowski, in the World Series
“Miz & Co. will combine for a World Series no-hitter,” Karabell predicts. “It isn’t as bold as it might seem to predict a combined World Series no-hitter. After all, the Houston Astros pulled this off in 2022.”
While a combined no-hitter is infinitely more likely to happen, especially in the postseason, than a traditional no-hitter, this is still not a likely scenario at all.
Misiorowski kick-starting a no-hitter would not be a surprise, as he’s been the best pitcher in baseball this year. With an elite bullpen, it wouldn’t be shocking to see Milwaukee turn to their bullpen and shut out whichever AL team they’d face in this predicted scenario.
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While the Houston Astros four years ago threw a no-hitter in the World Series, it’s still a major jump to predict the Brewers, led by Misiorowski, will throw one in the World Series this year.
The Brewers winning the World Series is more likely than seeing them throw a no-hitter at any point in the postseason, let alone in the World Series, as Karabell predicts.
It’s a bold prediction, and certainly a fun one for the Brewers. But it’s incredibly unlikely, and not something that’s even remotely likely to happen this postseason.
