Brewers place rookie phenom Jacob Misiorowski on injured list

Rookie pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, a surprise addition to the National League All-Star team after just five big-league starts, was placed on the injured list Sunday by the Brewers.

Misiorowski went on the 15-day IL with a left tibia contusion, retroactive to Thursday.

The 23-year-old righty had been slated to pitch Sunday against the Nationals, but he was replaced by Triple-a call-up Logan Henderson.

“We noticed during the week — really, our pitching guys noticed during the week — that the throwing programs and the bullpen, something wasn’t right,” Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy said Sunday. “We wanted to be smart about taking care of the kid.

“He’s got a big future … and he’ll try to push through it because he’s young. We want to keep him from making those types of decisions unless we know he’s 100 percent.”

The hard-throwing Misiorowski went 4-1 with a 2.81 ERA over his first five outings and was controversially named as a replacement for the NL All-Star squad.

He worked a scoreless inning in the Midsummer Classic, which finished in a 6-6 tie before a home run swing-off determined a winner.

Misiorowski, who has lowered his ERA to 2.70 in two no-decisions since the All-Star break, was struck on the left shin on a liner off the bat of Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki in his last start Thursday.

Misiorowski’s shutdown comes two days after first-place Milwaukee also had placed outfielder Jackson Chourio on the injured list with a strained right hamstring.

“I mean, I’m competitive,” Misiorowski said. “I want to play every game, so … it sucks. It’s not fun to sit on the bench, but at the same time, I don’t want to go out there and not have my best stuff [when I’m] trying to win for the team. So if the best is me sitting on the bench, then that’s what we got to do.

“It was basically like, ‘This is what it’s going to be.’ Obviously I was trying to fight it a little bit, trying to throw, but I understand. And you know they’re looking out for me.”