Yankees' Cam Schlittler wins unanimous AL Cy Young Award

New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler was the unanimous choice for the American League Cy Young Award, announced Wednesday night. He received all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America. He is the second Yankees pitcher to win the award in the last four years, after Gerrit Cole in 2023. Detroit's Tarik Skubal won the previous two AL awards.

Schlittler, 25, went 14-6 with an AL-leading 1.95 ERA, which ranks third in Yankees history behind Spud Chandler (1.64 in 1943) and Ron Guidry (1.74 in 1978). His 239 strikeouts tied for second in the AL with Toronto's Dylan Cease, behind Cleveland's Gavin Williams, who had 248. This was his first full big league season, after he made his MLB debut in the summer of 2025.

Cease finished second, going 11-6 with a 2.40 ERA. Cleveland's Parker Messick was third, and Tampa Bay's Drew Rasmussen was fourth.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said in a statement that Schlittler "had as dominant a season as a starting pitcher can have from start to finish," and called the award "richly deserved."

In the first year the writers' association voted on a reliever of the year, Toronto's Louis Varland won the AL award and San Diego's Mason Miller won the NL award.