Yankees’ Cam Schlittler is the best pitcher in baseball, and this stat only confirms it

Yankees’ Cam Schlittler is the best pitcher in baseball, and this stat only confirms it originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

We can go down a list of why the New York Yankees have done what they've done throughout the season, and that list has to start with somebody like Cam Schlittler.

The 25-year-old has arguably been the best starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. He's already thrown 53.1 innings, striking out 59, walking just nine, and posting a 1.35 ERA already.

What makes things even crazier is that he was actually the second pitcher in Major League Baseball history to accomplish that feat, showing just how ridiculous his start to the campaign has been when you really look at it.

"Cam Schlittler of the Yankees is the first MLB pitcher to have 50+ strikeouts, fewer than 10 walks, no more than 1 HR allowed, [and] a sub-1.50 ERA over his first 9 starts of a season since Walter Johnson in 1913," OptaSTATS wrote.