Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler off to unprecedented start after shutting down Mariners
The Yankees pitcher has struck out 15 and allowed only 3 hits in his first 2 starts.
The New York Yankees have had a lot of good pitchers. None of them did what Cam Schlittler has done in his first two starts of the 2026 season. Six months after a breakout performance in the 2025 postseason , the right-hander has become the first pitcher in Yankees history to open a season with back-to-back starts of at least five scoreless innings and at least seven strikeouts, according to MLB.
com’s Bryan Hoch . He made that second start Wednesday, striking out seven and throwing 6 1/3 scoreless innings against the Seattle Mariners. He allowed two hits total and walked none, retiring the final 15 batters he faced.
Cam Schlittler has retired the last 14 batters! pic. twitter.
com/PCVcDGWG6s — Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) April 1, 2026 It was pure dominance by Schlittler, to the point that 18 swings against his four-seam fastballs made contact only seven times, per Baseball Savant. Schlittler was pitching in Double-A this time last year, but quickly rose up to the big leagues and firmly established himself as a member of the rotation going forward. He entered Yankees lore in the wild-card round last year, when he struck out 12 in eight scoreless innings of a winner-take-all game against the Boston Red Sox .