How Yankees’ Cam Schlittler’s health is holding up during record-setting start

How Yankees’ Cam Schlittler’s health is holding up during record-setting start originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Deploying constant 100-mph heat, then- New York Yankees rookie Cam Schlittler capped his coming-out party last October by striking out 12 Boston Red Sox batters during a high-powered AL Wild Card Series-clinching performance.

Eleven fastballs reached triple digits as Schlittler fueled the Yankees to a postseason first, rallying to become the first club to lose the opener of the expanded first-round series and advance. The start proved to be a preview. Winning his first two starts, Schlittler established a franchise first, striking out 15, while allowing zero runs and walks over any two-game span.

Schlittler continues to pitch through spring-training health concerns, but he remains on strict pitch counts. Cam Schlittler, Yankees setting new standards Spearheaded by Schlittler, the Yankees (5-1) yielded just six runs, the third fewest in league history over the initial six regular-season outings. "It’s a good week for us, but we know there’s probably still six months to go,” Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt said, as reported by MLB.

com . The first pitcher in franchise history to record back-to-back starts of at least five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts, Schlittler capped Wednesday’s 6. 1-inning effort by retiring the final 15 batters he faced, leading the Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park.