'Blockbuster' relief pitcher not the one; starting pitcher unleashes 167 km/h lightning-fast pitch! MLB all-time fastest pitch record → Fastest pitch regardless of role reaches 170 km/h

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A monstrous 'starting' pitcher has emerged on the Major League Baseball (MLB) mound, hurling a terrifying lightning-fast pitch nearing 167 km/h. The protagonist is Milwaukee Brewers right-handed ace Jacob Miesiorauski (24). The record is even more shocking to the global baseball community because it was achieved not by a relief pitcher who only needs to cover short innings, but by a starting pitcher who must guard the mound through the middle and late innings after the fifth.

On the 7th (Korean time), Miesiorauski made his season's seventh win (2 losses) with a stellar performance of 7 innings, 4 hits allowed, 8 strikeouts, 3 walks, and 1 earned run (unearned) in a road game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA.

While becoming the winning pitcher was notable in itself, Miesiorauski made headlines for throwing the fastest pitch by a starting pitcher in MLB history. On this day, in the bottom of the third inning against Colorado batter Kyle Caruso, he delivered a fastball clocked at a staggering 103.7 mph (approximately 167 km/h), rewriting history.

According to U.S. media outlets such as ESPN, this pitch is the fastest ever thrown by a starting pitcher in MLB history since the league introduced its pitch-tracking system, Statcast, in the 2008 season. The previous record was also held by Miesiorauski himself, who threw 103.4 mph (approximately 166.4 km/h) in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 25. However, he surpassed his own limit again in just a short time. According to ESPN, the top 12 fastest pitches thrown by starting pitchers in the MLB this season are all attributed to Miesiorauski.

Not only in speed, but Miesiorauski also completely dominated Coors Field, known as the "graveyard of pitchers." He was the key figure in his team's 7-1 complete victory, and his season ERA dropped to 1.50.

It was not just one bullet that was fast. Of the 98th pitches Miesiorauski threw that day, a staggering 52 were clocked at 100 mph (approximately 161 km/h) or higher, and among those, 45 pitches exceeded 101 mph (approximately 163 km/h). This also sets a new all-time MLB record for the most pitches over 101 mph in a single game.

Miesiorauski, who set the historic record, offered a calm comment in a post-game interview. He said, "It just came out as I kept pitching," and added, "I will continue to strive to get more strikeouts, and if such a fast pitch is needed to do so, I will gladly keep throwing it."

As Miesiorauski sets a new record that changes the paradigm for starting pitchers, fans' attention naturally shifts to the "fastest pitch in MLB history regardless of role."

Currently, under the pitch-tracking system, the pitcher who has thrown the fastest pitch in MLB history is Aroldis Chapman (38), known as the "human missile." During the 2010 season while playing for the Cincinnati Reds, Chapman, then a relief pitcher, threw an astonishing lightning-fast pitch of 105.8 mph (approximately 170.3 km/h). This was possible because he was a specialist closer or relief pitcher who only needed to cover one inning.

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