When the Milwaukee Brewers acquired left-hander Kyle Harrison from the Boston Red Sox in the offseason, they knew they were getting someone with potential, but not a Cy Young-caliber pitcher. 

In his first 11 starts with the Brewers, the 24-year-old is 7-1 with a 1.57 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and has allowed four home runs in 57.1 innings, which is tied with his rotation mate Jacob Misiorowski. Harrison's dominance was on full display Tuesday night, when he faced his old team, the San Francisco Giants. 

Facing the team that drafted him in the third round in 2020 and shipped him out to Boston in the Rafael Devers trade, Harrison felt it was "personal," as he grew up 40 minutes from what is now Oracle Park. 

Kyle Harrison's start against the Giants was a little "personal"

“It’s always going to feel personal, right?” said Harrison to MLB.com. “I grew up 40 minutes from that ballpark and had a great time there. I cherish my memories with them. It feels good, but I have to do it in another five days, so you can’t get caught up in that.”

The San Jose, California, native tossed 5.2 innings of one-run baseball, but racked up 12 strikeouts on 106 pitches (70 strikes). Harrison's dominance in his first start in June should come as no surprise, as Harrison, like Misiorowski, is coming off an elite May. 

In 28.0 innings (five starts), Harrison was a perfect 4-0 with a minuscule 0.96 ERA, allowed three earned runs and struck out 31. If Misiorowski didn't have the month he had -- allowing one earned run, one extra base hit and striking out 57 -- Harrison would be a favorite for Pitcher of the Month. 

Brewers executive Matt Klentak was right that Kyle Harrison's "tools" would translate when given the opportunity

The Brewers' acquisition of Harrison deviated from their norm, as they were acquiring a known big-league player with a decent amount of service time, when they usually trade players like that. The Brewers sent infielder Caleb Durbin, who had a year of service time, to the Red Sox for Harrison. 

Despite this, the Brewers made the trade and acquired Harrison, who, according to Brewers executive Matt Klentak, said the organization believed he would continue to develop. 

"It's about the belief in a player to continue developing, and what they may do in the future, and in Kyle Harrison's case, it hasn't been injuries," Klentak said on "The Phillies Show." "But for whatever reason, his growth was stunted with San Francisco. He was traded to Boston. He had developed into an up-and-down type there, and we saw a path in our organization to provide him a real opportunity for an extended run in the rotation to see if you know this, these really good tools, this really good stuff could translate." 

It's safe to say Harrison's tools have translated, ranking in the 95th percentile for pitching run value, 94th percentile for fastball run value and 96th percentile for breaking ball run value.