TORONTO – After simply two majors league begins, Cam Schlittler is aware of the place he desires to spend his foreseeable future.
That may be the Bronx, although the choice isn’t as much as him. With rumors swirling across the rookie right-hander and the Yankees in want of a 3rd baseman, a number of relievers and established rotation assist, it’s potential Schlittler is moved earlier than the July 31 commerce deadline.
He is aware of all this, together with the truth that it’s out of his management.
Schlittler did his job successfully on Tuesday evening, holding the Blue Jays to 2 earned runs over 5 innings. Whereas the 24-year-old needed to grind in opposition to a pesky Toronto lineup, strolling three, placing out three and permitting seven hits over 90 pitches, the top consequence helped the Yankees safe a much-needed 5-4 win over a division rival that leads them within the standings.
Afterward, Schlittler’s teammates got here away impressed together with his high-90s warmth, in addition to his demeanor.
“Slow heartbeat,” Cody Bellinger mentioned. “Poised. I think the stuff is electric, as everyone can see.”
“He’s dominant, man,” Jazz Chisholm Jr. added.
Aaron Boone, in the meantime, mentioned that he first took notice of Schlittler’s confidence and “quiet intensity” again in spring coaching.
“He’s not real animated, but there’s a fire burning in there, which I liked in spring training,” the supervisor mentioned earlier than Tuesday’s sport. Afterward, Boone added, “You see his stuff really plays.”
All these attributes have made Schlittler, a 2022 seventh-round choose who shot up the Yankees’ minor league system and prospect rankings, engaging to different groups as properly. His debut in opposition to the Mariners on July 9 solely put a brighter highlight on him, as he flashed 100 on the radar gun whereas placing out seven and permitting three earned runs over 5.1 innings at Yankee Stadium.
Schlittler, who handled some bicep soreness over the All-Star break, first turned conscious of commerce rumors after a pal just lately handed alongside a joke. Schlittler has since been in touch together with his agent, Mark Pieper, simply to remain within the loop and decipher what’s actual and what’s nonsense.
“I’m just trying to figure out the possibilities,” Schlittler mentioned.
Whereas Schlittler reiterated that he’s not getting caught up within the rumors, Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake did say he’s bolstered the thought of staying targeted with the younger flamethrower.
“There’s obviously a lot of noise around us in a lot of ways, and the deadline amplifies that,” Blake mentioned. “But at the end of the day, we can’t control that. He can’t control that. So it’s really just like, ‘What can you do to help us win today?’”
If Schlittler will get his want, he’ll be serving to the Bombers win for years to return.
He’s not the one younger Yankee who craves that, as minor league teammate Spencer Jones, one other sizzling commodity due to ridiculous numbers at Triple-A, advised The Athletic’s Chris Kirschner that he desires to play and keep in New York earlier this week.
Advised of these feedback, Schlittler echoed the identical sentiment.
“I think being a Yankee is kind of a different thing in terms of the sport and everything that comes with it, the good and the bad,” Schlittler mentioned. “So yeah, I agree with him there.
“That’s the goal: come up as a Yankee, stay a Yankee, and hopefully play here for a long time.”
Initially Printed: July 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM EDT
