There was a fear that Cam Schlittler might regress this season after his red-hot end-of-year run in 2025.
Instead, he looks like an ace for the New York Yankees.
In fact, he’s had a first half of the season so good that it’s only been once before in franchise history, and that was back in 1952.
The parameters from Baseball Reference’s Katie Sharp: An ERA below 2.10, and a WHIP below 0.95 at the All-Star Break.
Allie Reynolds did it 74 years ago. And Schlittler is doing it now.
Yankees pitchers with an ERA below 2.10 and a WHIP below 0.95 at the All-Star break (min. 10 starts):
Cam Schlittler (2026)
Allie Reynolds (1952)— Katie Sharp (@SharpStats17) July 12, 2026
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Schlittler is 9-5 with a 2.05 ERA and a 0.94 WHIP.
He has struck out 10.4 batters per nine innings, and he leads the American League in ERA+ at 205 (which means he’s been 105% better than league average).
Schlittler’s stats are this good despite being shelled on June 30 by the Tigers in his worst start of the year.
He rebounded with a pair of quality starts — one run in eight innings against the Rays, and two runs in 6.2 innings against the Nationals.
Schlittler was thought of as a candidate to start the All-Star Game, but that honor went to Blue Jays righty Dylan Cease instead.
The Yankees would much rather have Schlittler focused on the second half of the season anyway. They’d love for him to keep pitching this well, that’s for sure.