Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski, Yankees' Cam Schlittler named unanimous Cy Young Award winners for 2026 MLB season
Milwaukee Brewers ’ Jacob Misiorowski and New York Yankees’ Cam Schlittler were named unanimous Cy Young Award winners on Wednesday, confirming what many believed would be the case as the two most dominant starters in baseball during the 2026 MLB season.
Key points
- Misiorowski became the fourth Brewers pitcher to ever win the Cy Young Award, the latest being Corbin Burnes in 2021.
- Misiorowski, the 24-year-old with a lightning rod for an arm that lives in the triple digits with his fastball, had the best ERA for a starter in baseball this season at 1.80, while collecting 252 strikeouts in 30 starts, which also led the league.
- Schlittler, a Massachusetts native who grew up a Boston Red Sox fan and is now universally hated by the fan base he loves to troll on social media, is a product of the Yankees’ minor league system.
Even sweeter, Misiorowski was the first pitcher since Hall of Famer Randy Johnson to win both the Cy Young and a World Series in the same season, which he did as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001.
Additional details
- He dominated his way through the Yankees’ schedule and ultimately picked up another win against the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Series this past season, where he pitched Game 1 as the team’s ace.
- But nobody in the Bronx expected the 25-year-old to be the ace of a rotation that featured Gerrit Cole, the Yankees’ most-recent Cy Young winner in 2023, Carlos Rodon, and Max Fried.
- Misiorowski, who led a Brewers pitching staff to the franchise’s first-ever World Series title, received all 30 first-place votes by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
- The Yankees had the best ERA as a pitching staff in the regular season, and Schlitter was a key reason why, giving up one run or fewer in 21 of those 33 outings.
- Schlittler, in his first full season with the Yankees, was a breakout star in a loaded rotation.
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