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Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski, Yankees’ Cam Schlittler Win Cy Young Awards In Unanimous Fashion
Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers and Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees won the National League and American League Cy Young Awards unanimously on Wednesday. Both earned all 30 first-place votes in their first full MLB seasons, a rare achievement that highlights their immediate impact as starting pitchers.
Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sanchez and Atlanta’s Chris Sale finished second and third in NL voting; Toronto’s Dylan Cease and Cleveland’s Parker Messick placed second and third in the AL. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America also presented its first Reliever of the Year awards, to Toronto’s Louis Varland in the AL and San Diego’s Mason Miller in the NL. Schlittler recorded a 1.95 ERA.
In short
- Misiorowski and Schlittler won unanimously.
- Both took the awards in their first full seasons.
- Varland and Miller won the inaugural reliever honours.