The New York Yankees were simply confident that Cam Schlittler would win the 2026 American League Cy Young Award, and they had a video to celebrate the moment once the announcement was made.
On Wednesday, they finally got to use the video, as Schlittler became the seventh Yankee ever to win the prestigious pitching award.
“His year. His terms. His Cy Young,” the team wrote as a caption for the video that runs for 1:30 seconds.
Schlittler garnered all 30 AL Cy Young votes for a unanimous win.
Although New York once again failed in their pursuit to bring a World Series title to the Bronx, Schlittler gave Yankees fans a lot to feel good about the 2026 season. In just his second year in the big leagues, the right-handed pitcher went 14-6 and led the American League with a bWAR of 7.0. His 1.95 ERA was also the best in the AL, as was his 215 ERA+.
In addition, the 25-year-old Schlittler racked up a total of 239 strikeouts and recorded a 2.56 FIP and a 0.919 WHIP through 33 starts and across 193.2 innings.
Schlittler is the first Yankee to win the Cy Young since Gerrit Cole in 2023. Before that, New York endured a Cy Young drought that lasted more than two decades, as no Yankees pitcher had won the award since Roger Clemens in 2001.
The other four Yankees pitchers to win the award were Bob Turley in 1958, White Ford in 1961, Sparky Lyle in 1977 and Ron Guidry in 1978.
Schlittler will look to sustain his form into the 2027 season to help the Yankees in their chase for their first World Series title since 2009 — and perhaps also become the first New York hurler ever to win the Cy Young twice.