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AL Cy Young Award: The Yankees' Cam Schlittler was the undisputed answer

Cam Schlittler won 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.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 12, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC
Key points
  • Schlittler joins Cole and Roger Clemens as Yankees' Cy Youngs this century and is the youngest Yankee ever to take home the award and the franchise's first homegrown starter to win since Ron Guidry in 1978.
  • AL Cy Young Finalist - Cam Schlittler 1.95 ERA, 193.2 IP, 239 K – 7.0 bWAR – 6.2 fWAR 70% of Schlitter's strikeouts came on fastballs in the 2026 season, highest among SPs.
  • “And the stuff is ridiculous." This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Cam Schlittler wins AL Cy Young.

“And that’s saying a lot." Cam Schlittler's memorable 2026 season Gerrit Cole had been the most recent Yankees’ Cy Young Award winner, as a unanimous choice in 2023.

Additional details
  • Although he exhausted his rookie eligibility in 2025 with a stellar showing down the stretch and a spectacular outing against the Red Sox in October, several questions loomed as Schlittler embarked on his first full season in the Yankees' rotation in 2026.
  • "We just didn’t fulfill that or play to that expectation as a group." Why Cam Schlittler thrives away from Yankee Stadium Schlittler’s accountability wasn’t surprising; he’s not given to reciting boilerplate answers on any topic and he’s unafraid about agitating the waters now and then.
  • Schlittler led the AL in pitching WAR (6.2) and opponent on-base percentage (.244) while posting the third-lowest ERA in Yankees franchise history, trailing only Spud Chandler (1.64 in 1943) and Ron Guidry (1.74 in 1978).
  • That's 25-year-old right-hander Cam Schlittler, who received all 30 first-place votes from the BBWAA electorate, beating fellow finalists Dylan Cease of Toronto and Parker Messick of Cleveland.
  • Now, Schlittler is the youngest Yankee to earn a Cy Young Award, with the Nov.

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