Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees has won the American League Cy Young Award

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Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees has won the American League Cy Young Award.

Cam Schlittler was a the unanimous choice to win the American League Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, becoming the second New York Yankees pitcher to receive the honor in the last four years.

Gerrit Cole won it with the Yankees in 2023 before Tarik Skubal won the last two AL Cy Young Awards while pitching for Detroit. Cole had been the first Yankee to win the award since Roger Clemens in 2001.

“Cam had as dominant a season as a starting pitcher can have from start to finish,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said in a statement. “He’s shown an astonishing amount of growth since we drafted him, and his success is no accident. Cam has a tireless appetite for hard work and refinement that has allowed his talents to truly flourish. This Cy Young is richly deserved. Cam was the most dominant pitcher in our league and continues to grow into a foundational player for this franchise.”

Toronto’s Louis Varland won the AL reliever of the year award, while San Diego’s Mason Miller won the award in the NL. This marks the first year that the BBWAA voted on a reliever of the year.

Schlittler, 25, went 14-6 with an AL-leading 1.95 ERA that ranked third in Yankees’ history, behind Spud Chandler (1.64 in 1943) and Ron Guidry (1.74 in 1978). Schlittler’s 239 strikeouts tied for second in the AL with Toronto’s Dylan Cease, behind the 248 from Cleveland’s Gavin Williams.

This was his first full season in the big leagues after he made his MLB debut in the summer of 2025.

Schlittler received all 30 first-place votes. The runner-up was Cease, who went 11-6 with a 2.40 ERA. Cleveland’s Parker Messick finished third after going 12-9 with a 2.56 ERA and 193 strikeouts in 186 1/3 innings.

Cease was the second-place selection of 22 of the 30 voters. Messick got seven second-place votes. The other second-place vote went to Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen, who finished fourth in the voting.

This was the second runner-up finish for Cease, who also placed second while pitching for the Chicago White Sox in 2022.

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