Cam Schlittler and Jacob Misiorowski were both unanimous winners of the 2026 Cy Young Awards on Wednesday night, with the Yankees right-hander taking the American League honour and the Brewers ace claiming the National League prize at MLB’s annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas. It is only the third time in baseball history that both leagues have produced unanimous Cy Young winners in the same season.
Schlittler, 25, went 14-6 with a 1.95 ERA in 33 starts in his first full major league season, receiving all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He allowed one earned run or fewer in 25 of his 33 starts, and he became only the third Yankees pitcher to win the AL Cy Young this century, joining Gerrit Cole in 2023 and Roger Clemens in 2001. Dylan Cease finished second in the voting, while Cleveland’s Parker Messick was third with a 2.56 ERA and 193 strikeouts.
Misiorowski caps a championship season
Misiorowski, 24, was just as dominant for the World Series champion Brewers, posting a 16-5 record with a league-leading 1.80 ERA and 252 strikeouts. He was the winning pitcher in the deciding game of the Fall Classic, and he became only the second Brewer ever to win the NL Cy Young, following Corbin Burnes in 2021. Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sanchez finished second in the NL voting, narrowly ahead of Atlanta’s Chris Sale.
A rare night of unanimous agreement
That both awards were unanimous is itself historic: it has happened only twice before in major league history. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America votes at the end of each season, before the postseason begins, and this year the voters were in complete agreement in both leagues. Both winners are also young — Schlittler is 25 and Misiorowski 24 — and both delivered their awards in their first full major league seasons, which makes the unanimity even more striking.
The ceremony handed out plenty of other hardware too. Houston’s Yordan Alvarez was honoured three times, winning the AL Hank Aaron Award as the league’s top hitter, the AL Comeback Player of the Year and the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, while the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong won the NL Hank Aaron Award after topping the majors with 45 home runs, stealing 41 bases and leading the NL in slugging at .570. The reliever awards went to Toronto’s Louis Varland in the AL and San Diego’s Mason Miller in the NL, and Baltimore’s Colton Cowser took Play of the Year for his game-saving catch against the Rockies. Landeskog scored twice as the Avalanche beat the Maple Leafs 6-3 in other sports action, and Kaprizov won it in overtime as the Wild edged the Canadiens 2-1 in Montreal.
