Yankees' Cam Schlittler wins the AL Cy Young Award unanimously after a 1.95 ERA season

Cam Schlittler's first full season in the Bronx ended with the American League's top pitching award, and not a single dissenting vote. The Yankees right-hander was named the 2026 AL Cy Young Award winner on Wednesday night, taking all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Schlittler, 25, is the seventh Yankee to win the Cy Young and the third to do it unanimously, joining Ron Guidry (1978) and Gerrit Cole (2023). The other Yankees winners are Bob Turley (1958), Whitey Ford (1961), Sparky Lyle (1977) and Roger Clemens (2001), MLB.com noted.

The season

• Record and ERA: 14-6 with an AL-best 1.95 ERA, the third-lowest by a qualified pitcher in franchise history behind Spud Chandler (1.64 in 1943) and Guidry (1.74 in 1978).
• Strikeouts: 239 against 49 walks in 193 2/3 innings, tying Jack Chesbro (1904) for the fourth-most by a Yankee in a season.
• Consistency: He allowed one run or fewer in a major league-best 21 starts, according to MLB.com.
• On the road: 8-2 with a 1.16 ERA in 17 road starts, the best road ERA in the majors.

He also led the AL in pitching WAR, 6.2 by FanGraphs' measure according to MLB.com, while CBS Sports put it at 7.0 and noted his 215 ERA+ is a Yankees record. CBS Sports said his work at the front of the rotation helped the Yankees win 93 games and reach the ALDS while Aaron Judge missed almost 100 games.

The vote

Toronto's Dylan Cease finished second with 110 points, his second runner-up finish, and Cleveland's Parker Messick was third with 84. Tampa Bay's Drew Rasmussen was fourth. Ballots were submitted before the postseason. In the National League, Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski also won unanimously.

"Cam was the most dominant pitcher in our league and continues to grow into a foundational player for this franchise," manager Aaron Boone said, according to MLB.com. Schlittler said he could have had a better season, citing "a few hiccups along the road."

From the seventh round to the top

The Massachusetts native pitched at Northeastern University before the Yankees took him in the seventh round of the 2022 draft, Northeastern said. He started 2025 in Double-A and debuted on July 9, 2025, then threw eight scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts in the winner-take-all Game 3 of last year's Wild Card Series against Boston. He is the first Northeastern alum to win the Cy Young.