New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler has won the 2026 American League Cy Young Award unanimously after a standout first full major league season. The 25-year-old received all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, finishing with a 1.95 ERA and 239 strikeouts.

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A unanimous vote and a historic Yankees season

Schlittler went 14-6 and led the American League with a 1.95 ERA, the third-lowest single-season mark by a qualifying Yankees pitcher. Only Spud Chandler’s 1.64 in 1943 and Ron Guidry’s 1.74 in 1978 were lower. Schlittler’s 239 strikeouts tied Toronto’s Dylan Cease for second in the league.

The BBWAA results show Schlittler earned 210 points, the maximum under the award’s voting system, with every voter placing him first. It is the third time a Yankees pitcher has been a unanimous AL winner; Gerrit Cole did so in 2023 and Guidry in 1978.

From MLB debut to Cy Young winner

Schlittler made his major league debut in July 2025, then followed that rookie stint with a full season at the top of the Yankees’ rotation. His award came three years after Cole’s 2023 win and follows Detroit’s Tarik Skubal, who took the previous two AL honors.

The vote was submitted before postseason play, so the award recognizes regular-season performance. Schlittler’s combination of run prevention, workload and strikeouts helped separate him in a field that also included Cease and Cleveland’s Parker Messick.

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Sources

Sources: Associated Press reporting via The Washington Post; BBWAA official vote results; MLB vote totals and award coverage.