Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Jacob Misiorowski won the National League Cy Young Award after pitching the Milwaukee Brewers to World Series glory, while the New York Yankees’ Cam Schlittler won the American League prize, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday. Both men won their awards for the season’s best pitchers unanimously, sweeping all 30 first-place votes in their league, and both achieved the honor in their first full year, having each been promoted to the major leagues midway through the 2025 season.
Though the awards reflect regular season performance, with voting taking place before post-season begins, Misiorowski went on to play a crucial role as the Brewers won their first-ever World Series last month. Misiorowski led the major leagues with 252 strikeouts in the regular season. He went 16-5 with an MLB-best 1.80 earned-run average, and the 6-foot-7 star also set a new record for fastball speed by a starter, reaching a blistering 105.5 mph.
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The flame-throwing ace known as ‘The Miz’ was Milwaukee’s starting pitcher in game one and game five of the World Series. In game one, the 24-year-old American right-hander became the youngest pitcher since 1997 to win a World Series opener and hurled the fastest World Series pitch ever recorded at 103.5 mph (166.5 km/h) to begin the game. In the championship-sealing game five win, he hurled five and two-thirds scoreless innings and gave up just two hits, with two strikeouts.
Schlittler went 14-6 with an AL-best 1.95 ERA, striking out 239 batters, and permitted one run or fewer in a Major League-best 21 starts. The Yankees also reached the post-season, winning their wild card series against the Boston Red Sox, but were swept 3-0 by the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Division Series. San Diego’s Mason Miller and Toronto’s Louis Varland won the inaugural Reliever of the Year prizes, also voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
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