Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees and Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers, two of Major League Baseball's hardest-throwing pitchers, have unanimously won the Cy Young Awards, presented annually to the best pitchers in each league.
Schlittler, a second-year right-hander, received all 30 first-place votes and 210 points in the American League Cy Young Award voting results announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) on Wednesday.
He comfortably defeated runner-up Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays, who received 110 points.
In his first full major league season, Schlittler led the American League with a 1.95 ERA, tied for second with 239 strikeouts, ranked second with a 0.92 WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched) and 193 2/3 innings pitched, and tied for fourth with 14 wins.
Schlittler became the 13th unanimous American League Cy Young Award winner and the third Yankees pitcher to achieve the feat, following Ron Guidry in 1978 and Gerrit Cole in 2023.
Misiorowski, who also earned a World Series championship ring, swept all 30 first-place votes in the National League Cy Young Award voting to finish with 210 points.
He defeated Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sanchez, who received 99 points, and Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale, who had 98.
Known for his blazing fastball, which has reached 169.7 kilometers per hour and averages 162 kilometers per hour (100.7 mph) on his four-seamer, Misiorowski led the majors with 252 strikeouts.
He also posted MLB's lowest ERA at 1.80 and lowest opponents' batting average at .157.
Misiorowski became just the fourth pitcher since 1950 to lead all of MLB in strikeouts, ERA and opponents' batting average in the same season.
The 17th unanimous National League Cy Young Award winner, Misiorowski is also a second-year major leaguer who completed his first full season this year.
It marked only the third time that pitchers from both leagues unanimously won the Cy Young Awards in the same year, following Denny McLain and Bob Gibson in 1968 and Justin Verlander and Sandy Alcantara in 2022.
(This article was produced with the assistance of AI. — Ed.)
