Yankees’ Cam Schlittler Reveals His Family Received Death Threats Before Fenway Park Debut Against Hometown Red Sox

New York Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler Credit: J. Conrad Williams, Jr. /Newsday RM via Getty NEED TO KNOW Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler is addressing the trolling he receives from his home state of Massachusetts Schlitter said Boston Red Sox fans often send hateful messages, including death threats, because he plays for the rival New York Yankees "That's kind of what I expect,” the professional pitcher said Cam Schlittler is drowning out the noise ahead of his first start at Fenway Park.

In two new interviews this week, the 25-year-old New York Yankees pitcher opened up about how he and his family have been the target of trolling and death threats ahead of his planned start against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, April 23. "Most normal fans could care less, right? " Schlittler told the California Post in an interview published Sunday, April 19.

He grew up in Walpole, Mass. , about 40 minutes South of Boston, and was selected by his hometown team's division rivals in the seventh round of the 2022 MLB Draft. "It's just those diehards that just have nothing else in their lives other than baseball or sports that really care about this, and the fact that I play for the Yankees makes it worse for them," the sports star continued.

Cam Schlittler #31 of the New York Yankees on April 17, 2026 Credit: New York Yankees/Getty He also said he anticipates the game is “gonna be bad” due to the response he’s received thus far. “I'm not nervous about it, but it's gonna be loud," Schlittler said. "They're gonna probably have dudes that are my age or a little bit younger, sitting right outside the [visiting] bullpen, yelling whatever, probably throwing stuff at me, trying to grab me.