Yankees' Aaron Boone impressed by Cam Schlittler's 'power' on the mound
For a pitcher with just 15 career starts under his belt, Cam Schlittler has looked every bit of a veteran on the mound for the Yankees . It started last season when he made his debut in July, continued throughout the regular season and culminated into the postseason where he had a start against the Boston Red Sox in which he went eight scoreless innings in a win-or-go-home game with 12 strikeouts. Schlittler was similarly dominant on Friday against the San Francisco Giants despite being on a pitch count.
The right-hander struck out eight through 5. 1 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit in a rather dominant performance. In fact, over his first 15 career regular season starts, Schlittler has shut out his opponent four times and that’s not including his epic playoff start against the Red Sox last year.
Suffice to say, Schlittler has impressed manager Aaron Boone who was asked after the game about what was so good from the youngster on Friday. “Everything,” the skipper said. “The power – eight strikeouts there but being real pitch efficient too.
Only going 70 [pitches] with him today so to get into the sixth inning really set us up really nice and then the pen was outstanding. ” In two games to begin the 2026 season, New York has yet to allow a run and has limited the Giants to just four hits and four walks. First it was Max Fried and Co.
on Opening Day and then it was Schlittler. Will Warren hopes to keep things going on Saturday. “It felt good,” Schlittler said.