NEW YORK — Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers and Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees were named unanimous winners of the 2026 Cy Young Awards on Wednesday night, the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced on MLB Network. It is only the third time both awards have been unanimous, after Justin Verlander and Sandy Alcantara in 2022 and Denny McLain and Bob Gibson in 1968.
Misiorowski, 24, led all major league starters in ERA (1.80), strikeouts (252) and opponents' batting average (.157), and topped out at 105.5 mph, which MLB.com says no other starter has matched since pitch tracking began. He is the fourth Brewers pitcher to win the award, and the seventh pitcher to win a World Series-clinching game and a Cy Young in the same year, though ballots were due before the postseason began. "It's really cool, the youth coming up in the big leagues," Misiorowski said.
Schlittler, 25, went 14-6 with an American League-best 1.95 ERA in his first full season, striking out 239 in 193 2/3 innings. He is the Yankees' seventh Cy Young winner and joins Ron Guidry (1978) and Gerrit Cole (2023) as the club's unanimous winners. "Cam was the most dominant pitcher in our league," manager Aaron Boone said.
Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays finished second in the AL and Parker Messick of the Cleveland Guardians third. In the National League, Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies edged Atlanta's Chris Sale by one point for second.
Both won in their second big league season. No pitcher has won the award in his true first season.
Source: MLB.com
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