Misiorowski Wins Unanimous 2026 NL Cy Young Award

WHO:

Fox News - Cam Schlittler’s first full season resulted in his Cy Young Award win.

Awful Announcing - Brewers manager Pat Murphy became the first manager to win Manager of the Year three consecutive times; he had first won the award in 2024.

Fox News - Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski and New York Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler were named unanimous 2026 Cy Young Award winners.

Fox News - Misiorowski won the National League award; Schlittler won the American League award.

BBWAA - Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies finished second in NL voting, and Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves finished third.

MLB.com - Misiorowski, Schlittler, Sale, Dylan Cease and Sánchez were named to the All-MLB First Team rotation.

WHAT:

MLB.com - Rays third baseman Junior Caminero, starter Drew Rasmussen and closer Bryan Baker were named to All-MLB Teams; Caminero made the First Team, while Rasmussen and Baker made the Second Team.

MLB.com - Caminero hit 42 home runs, drove in 101 runs and batted .276/.360/.524, starting all 162 games at third base.

MLB.com - Rasmussen went 16-5 with a 2.67 ERA in 172 innings across 30 starts. Baker tied for the Major League lead with 41 saves and posted a 1.44 ERA in 62⅓ innings over 65 appearances.

MLB.com - Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander won Executive of the Year for the second time; he previously received the honor in 2019.

MLB.com - Pirates second baseman Brandon Lowe was named to the All-MLB Second Team. In his first season with Pittsburgh, he had 96 RBIs, an .824 OPS and 35 home runs.

MLB.com - Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz was named to the All-MLB Second Team after batting .283 with an .880 OPS, 30 home runs, 79 RBIs and 30 stolen bases in 143 games.

MLB.com - De La Cruz became the fourth Reds player with a 30-home-run, 30-stolen-base season and the first since Brandon Phillips in 2007.

Awful Announcing - Murphy received 20 of 30 first-place votes for NL Manager of the Year. Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss finished second with seven first-place votes, and Philadelphia Phillies manager Don Mattingly received one.

Awful Announcing - Murphy accepted the award by video call from his hospital bed after undergoing hip replacement surgery. “Very grateful,” he said.

Awful Announcing - Murphy led the Brewers to a franchise-record 103 wins.

Awful Announcing - Milwaukee defeated Tampa Bay 4-1 in the World Series and swept Los Angeles in the NLCS.

BBWAA - Misiorowski swept NL Cy Young voting, receiving all 30 first-place votes and 210 points. Sánchez received 99 points; Sale received 98.

BBWAA - The NL ballot also listed Yoshinobu Yamamoto (63 points), Jesús Luzardo (34), Mason Miller (4) and Eduardo Rodríguez (2).

BBWAA - Misiorowski became the second Brewers pitcher to win the NL Cy Young, after Corbin Burnes in 2021. Rollie Fingers (1981) and Pete Vuckovich (1982) won for Milwaukee in the American League.

BBWAA - Misiorowski’s unanimous selection was the 17th for an NL pitcher and followed Paul Skenes’ unanimous win the previous season. The AL had 13 unanimous winners, including Schlittler.

BBWAA - Both league winners were unanimous for only the third time; the other instances were 2022, with Justin Verlander and Sandy Alcantara, and 1968, with Denny McLain and Bob Gibson.

Fox News - Misiorowski became the first pitcher to win both the Cy Young Award and World Series in the same season since Randy Johnson.

WHERE:

MLB.com - The MLB Awards ceremony took place at the Chelsea Theater at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

BBWAA - The Brewers moved from the American League to the National League in 1998.

WHEN:

BBWAA - Voting ballots were cast before postseason play.

HOW:

MLB.com - The All-MLB Teams were selected through fan voting and votes from a panel of media members, broadcasters, former players and other baseball officials.

BBWAA - Thirty writers, with two representing each National League city, submitted ballots. The points system awarded seven points for first place, four for second, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth.

BBWAA - Sánchez placed second for the second consecutive season, becoming the fifth pitcher to finish second in Cy Young voting in consecutive years.

Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler unanimously won National and American League Cy Young Awards. Misiorowski also became the first pitcher since Randy Johnson to win the Cy Young and World Series. Pat Murphy made baseball history, becoming the first manager to win Manager of the Year three consecutive times.