Misiorowski and Schlittler win Cy Young Awards by unanimous vote
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski and New York Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler were named unanimous Cy Young Award winners on Wednesday for the 2026 Major League Baseball season.
Both received all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Misiorowski led the Brewers' pitching staff to the franchise's first-ever World Series title. Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sanchez finished second in the voting, and Atlanta Braves veteran left-hander Chris Sale finished third.
Schlittler became a star in his first full season with the Yankees. In the American League voting, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease finished second and Cleveland Guardians pitcher Parker Messick finished third.
It was also announced on Wednesday that San Diego Padres closer Mason Miller and Blue Jays closer Louis Varland won the inaugural Reliever of the Year award for their respective leagues.
The 24-year-old Misiorowski had the best ERA for a starter in baseball this season at 1.80. He collected 252 strikeouts in 30 starts, which also led the league. The Brewers won 103 regular-season games. His WHIP was 0.80 and his fWAR was 6.6, which led all pitchers.
Misiorowski became the fourth Brewers pitcher ever to win the Cy Young Award. The latest before him was Corbin Burnes in 2021; before that Pete Vuckovich won in 1982 and Rollie Fingers in 1981.
Even sweeter, Misiorowski was the first pitcher since Randy Johnson with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001 to win both the Cy Young and a World Series in the same season.
At 6-foot-7, Misiorowski's fastball against Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs in a June game clocked 105.5 mph, the fastest pitch ever thrown by a starter in the Statcast era. He averaged 100.6 mph on his fastballs during the season and threw more than 1,000 pitches at that speed or faster.
In the American League, the 6-foot-6 Schlittler owned an AL-best 1.95 ERA, with 239 strikeouts across 33 starts. The Yankees had the best ERA as a pitching staff in the regular season, and Schlittler was a key reason — he gave up one run or fewer in 21 of those 33 outings. Over 17 starts away from Yankee Stadium his ERA was 1.16.
Schlittler, a Massachusetts native who grew up a Boston Red Sox fan, came through the Yankees' minor league system as a seventh-round draft choice out of Northeastern. In a rotation featuring Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodon and Max Fried he became the team's ace, beyond what many in the Bronx expected. Cole was the Yankees' most recent Cy Young winner, in 2023.
