Tonight, Major League Baseball announced its Pitchers of the Year. The awards for relief pitchers and the Cy Young Awards were presented.
In the American League, unsurprisingly, Cam Schlittler claimed the Pitcher of the Year title. He won it unanimously.
It's well deserved.
Dylan Cease (22 of 30 second-place votes) and Parker Messick were the finalists. The Blue Jays pitcher finished second.
Dylan Cease finished second in AL Cy Young voting behind Cam Schlittler pic.twitter.com/Nd7vUxZOQq
— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) November 12, 2026
The Blue Jays didn't walk away empty-handed, however, as Louis Varland was named the American League Relief Pitcher of the Year.
Although he didn't start the season as the closer, he still finished ahead of Cade Smith and Bryan Baker in the voting.
It was a close race, though. Varland received 16 of the 30 first-place votes and had only 13 more points than the Guardians' reliever.
And five voters didn't include him in their top three. Well, there you go.
https://t.co/G6KNxnQxmn pic.twitter.com/yTCeypu4Xk
— Brandon Wile (@Brandon_N_Wile) November 12, 2026
It was a lot less close in the National League, as Mason Miller was voted in unanimously. He finished ahead of Jhoan Duran and Trevor Megill.
That makes sense.
No doubt about it
Mason Miller unanimously takes home the first-ever BBWAA NL Reliever of the Year Award! https://t.co/hEylfSoSeK pic.twitter.com/SPk4AkRnhq
— MLB (@MLB) November 12, 2026
And as for the Cy Young vote in the National League, Jacob Misiorowski was unanimously selected.
No surprise there.
And Jacob Misiorowski is the unanimous NL Cy Young Award winner pic.twitter.com/4e1TNNlSj9
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) November 12, 2026
For the third time in history (1968 and 2022), both Cy Young Award-winning pitchers were selected unanimously.
And it's well deserved.

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