Cy Young Award 2026: Cam Schlittler and Jacob Misiorowski Both Win Unanimously
The Yankees' Schlittler (1.95 ERA) took every AL first-place vote and the Brewers' Misiorowski (1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts) took every NL vote. Awards week ends with the MVPs on Thursday.
Baseball's pitching prizes were not close this year. The Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Wednesday night that New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler won the American League Cy Young Award unanimously and Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski won the National League award unanimously — two pitchers who both debuted in the summer of 2025, taking every first-place vote in their leagues in their first full seasons.
Schlittler, 25, led the AL with a 1.95 ERA and 7.0 pitching WAR and struck out 239 batters over 193⅔ innings, USA TODAY reported. He took all 30 first-place votes for 210 points, ahead of Toronto's Dylan Cease (110) and Cleveland rookie Parker Messick (84), and became the seventh Cy Young winner in Yankees history — and the first homegrown one since Ron Guidry in 1978. "Cam had as dominant a season as a starting pitcher can have from start to finish," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said in a statement released by the club, as USA TODAY reported.
Misiorowski's season was, by the numbers, even harder to hit. He led the majors with a 1.80 ERA and 252 strikeouts, allowed a record 4.9 hits per nine innings and posted a 0.802 WHIP, Bleacher Report wrote, as the ace of a 103-win Milwaukee team that went on to win the franchise's first World Series. He is the fourth Brewers pitcher to win the award, after Rollie Fingers, Pete Vukovich and Corbin Burnes, and he beat finalists Cristopher Sánchez of Philadelphia and Chris Sale of Atlanta — Sánchez second, one point ahead of Sale, according to the voting reports read by the desk.
Wednesday also brought the first BBWAA Reliever of the Year awards: Toronto's Louis Varland in the AL and San Diego closer Mason Miller, unanimously, in the NL. Awards week closes Thursday, Nov. 12, with the Most Valuable Player announcements.
