Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler Win Cy Young Awards

Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler have won the 2025 Cy Young trophies, the first pair of pitchers to win the award after completing only their first full major league season.

Jacob Misiorowski secured the National League honor following a dominant campaign that saw the Milwaukee Brewers claim their first World Series title. The 24-year-old right-hander finished his season with a 16-5 record, leading Major League Baseball with a 1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts, and a .157 opponent batting average.

Beyond his traditional statistics, Misiorowski set a new standard for velocity among starting pitchers. He recorded 1,115 pitches at 100 mph or faster, the highest total since data tracking began in 2008. This performance shattered the previous record of 673, held by Jordan Hicks since 2018.

Misiorowski is the fourth Brewers pitcher to receive the award, joining an elite group that includes Rollie Fingers (1981), Pete Vuckovich (1982), and Corbin Burnes (2021). The other finalists in the National League were Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies and Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves.

New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler was elected unanimously as the American League Cy Young winner. At 25 years old, Schlittler became the second Yankees pitcher to win the award in four years, following Gerrit Cole’s 2023 selection.

Schlittler finished his season with a 14-6 record and a 1.95 ERA. That ERA stands as the third-best in Yankees history, trailing only Spud Chandler (1.64 in 1943) and Ron Guidry (1.74 in 1978). He also recorded 239 strikeouts, tying him with the Toronto Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease for the second-highest total in the American League, behind the 248 strikeouts posted by Cleveland Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams.

The voting process for the award was conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The other finalists in the American League were Cease and Parker Messick, both representing the Guardians.