Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler Win the Cy Young Awards Unanimously in Their First Full Seasons

By The Arena Staff

NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2026 — Nobody needed a recount. Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler were the best pitchers in their leagues this year, and all 60 voters said so.

The Milwaukee Brewers' flamethrower won the National League Cy Young Award and the New York Yankees' breakout ace took the American League honor Wednesday night, each with all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America, announced on MLB Network. Seven-time winner Roger Clemens announced both. It is only the third time both winners were unanimous, MLB.com noted, after Justin Verlander and Sandy Alcantara in 2022 and Denny McLain and Bob Gibson in 1968.

Both did it in their first full big league seasons. Misiorowski is 24, Schlittler is 25, and both broke into the majors in 2025.

Misiorowski went 16-5 with a 1.80 ERA, a 0.80 WHIP and 252 strikeouts in 30 starts, leading the majors in all three, as Milwaukee won a big league best 103 games and then its first World Series title, according to ESPN. His four-seam fastball averaged 100.6 mph, and his 105.5 mph pitch to Pete Crow-Armstrong in June was the fastest ever thrown by a starter in the Statcast era. MLB.com said his .157 opponents' batting average was the lowest on record for a full season, edging Pedro Martínez's .167 in 2000.

He has a simple explanation for the control that came with it. "I still get flamed over [saying] this, [but] aiming middle-middle and praying, I swear it works," Misiorowski told reporters, per MLB.com. He is Milwaukee's fourth Cy Young winner, after Rollie Fingers, Pete Vuckovich and Corbin Burnes. Philadelphia's Cristopher Sánchez finished second, one point ahead of Atlanta's Chris Sale.

Schlittler, a seventh-round pick out of Northeastern in 2022, went 14-6 with a 1.95 ERA and 239 strikeouts over 33 starts, leading the AL in ERA, according to ESPN. He allowed one run or fewer in 21 of those starts and posted a 1.16 ERA on the road, which MLB.com said trails only Bob Gibson in 1968 and Greg Maddux in 1995 in the live-ball era among pitchers with at least 100 road innings. Only Spud Chandler and Ron Guidry have posted a lower ERA as qualified Yankees starters.

The Massachusetts native, who grew up a Red Sox fan, is the seventh Yankee to win the award and the first since Gerrit Cole in 2023. He still sounded hungry. "I feel like this season was great, but as you look at how I finished, things could have definitely been better," Schlittler said, according to ESPN. Toronto's Dylan Cease was second and Cleveland's Parker Messick was third.

The night also crowned the first BBWAA Reliever of the Year winners. San Diego closer Mason Miller took the NL award unanimously after posting a 1.67 ERA with 38 saves and 129 strikeouts, the most among relievers, in 70 innings, ESPN reported. Toronto's Louis Varland won in the AL with 16 of 30 first-place votes after a 1.27 ERA and 35 saves.

Sourcing: MLB.com, ESPN and the BBWAA vote totals.