Schlittler and Mizerowski unanimously win MLB Cy Young Award

The fastball duo of Cam Schlitler (New York Yankees) and Jacob Mizerowski (Milwaukee Brewers) unanimously received the Cy Young Award, given to the best pitcher in American professional baseball's Major League Baseball (MLB).

Schlittler, a right-hander in his second year in the big leagues, swept 30 first-place votes and earned 210 points in the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) Cy Young Award vote released on the 12th (Korean time), far ahead of Dylan Seeds (Toronto Blue Jays, 110 points) and becoming the protagonist of the American League Cy Young Award.

This year, Schlittler, who played full-time for the first time, showed off his outstanding pitching by ranking first in the league in ERA (1.95), tied for second in strikeouts (239), second in on-bases allowed per inning (WHIP) (0.92), second in most innings pitched (193⅔ innings), and tied for fourth in most wins (14 wins).

Schlittler is the 13th player in history to be a unanimous winner in the American League Cy Young Award voting, and the third Yankees player to do so, following Ron Guidry (1978) and Gerrit Cole (2023).

Mizerowski, who wears a World Series championship ring, also received all 30 first-place votes in the National League Cy Young Award voting and received the honor with 210 points, defeating Cristopher Sanchez (Philadelphia Phillies, 99 points) and Chris Sale (Atlanta Braves, 98 points).

Miserowski, who boasts a rocket fastball with a maximum speed of 169.7 km/h and a four-seam fastball average of 162 km/h, recorded 252 strikeouts, the most across the two major leagues, and the lowest ERA (1.80) and hitting percentage (0.157).

Mizerowski is the fourth pitcher to lead MLB in strikeouts, ERA, and hitting percentage since 1950.

Mizerowski, the 17th unanimous winner in the National League, is also a young gun who played full-time for the first time this year in his second year in the big league.

This is the third time in the BBWAA Cy Young Award voting that there has been a unanimous winner from both major leagues, following Denny McClain and Bob Gibson in 1968 and Justin Verlander and Sandi Alcantara in 2022.