Cam Schlittler #31

Selected in the 7th round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees out of Northeastern University... received a $205,000 signing bonus from the Yankees... in 2024, he added velocity to his fastball, working at 93-96 mph and reaching 98, and won High-A South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Year honors after topping Yankees farmhands with 154 strikeouts in 120 2/3 innings... born in Weymouth, Mass. and lives in East Walpole, Mass... son of John and Christine Schlittler; his dad, John, is the police chief in Needham, Mass. and played baseball and football at Stonehill College... Christine works in special education for Sharon Public Schools... he has two siblings, Conor and Carly... was a social science and humanities major at Northeasterm... attended Walpole High School, where he was named First Team All-USA Massachusetts in 2018-19 and a Second Team All-USA Massachusetts in 2017-18... was a two-time Bay State Herget MVP... two-time Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastic Team... finished his high school career 21-4 with 213 strikeouts... was a three-time Bay State Champ and helped lead his team to a pair of Super 8 appearances... voted captain in his senior year... he also played varsity basketball in high school...

2025
Was a non-roster invitee to Yankees' Spring Training before beginning the season at Double-A Somerset... in 10 games with the Patriots, he went 4-5 with a 2.38 ERA in 53 innings before the Yankees sent him to Triple-A, where he joined Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for a start on June 7... the Yankees called him up to make his Major League debut about a month later on July 9 after designating Geoff Hartlieb for assignment... Schlittler was ranked as the Yankees' No. 10 prospect at the time of the promotion, as ranked by MLB Pipeline

2024
Made 25 combined appearances (23 starts) with High-A Hudson Valley, Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Double-A Somerset, going 8-8 with a 3.36 ERA (120.2IP, 98H, 58R/45ER, 55BB, 154K, 10HR)… led Yankees farmhands in strikeouts, was tied for third in wins, ranked fifth in opponents’ BA (.218), sixth in innings pitched and tied for sixth in games started… spent the majority of the season with Hudson Valley, going 6-4 with a 2.60 ERA (86.2IP, 60H, 34R/25ER, 38BB, 108K, 7HR) over 17 starts… opposing batters hit .191 (60-for-314)… following the season, was named a South Atlantic League Postseason All-Star and was named the league’s “Pitcher of the Year”

2023
Made his professional debut, going 1-2 with a 4.11 ERA (46.0IP, 49H, 25R/21ER, 21BB, 50K, 4HR) in 14 combined games (13 starts) with the FCL Yankees, Single-A Tampa and High-A Hudson Valley…

at Northeastern
In three seasons at Northeastern University (2020-22), he went 14-9 with a 2.67 ERA and 180K… as a redshirt sophomore in 2022, posted a 3.53 ERA in 15 starts… in 2022 among CAA pitchers, ranked third in strikeouts (85), eighth in ERA and opponent’s BA (.229), and tied for 10th in wins (five)… earned All-CAA First Team honors and was the Co-Rookie of the Year in 2021.

Awards at Northeastern:

• CAA Pitcher of the Week (3/07/22)
• CAA Preseaon All-CAA Team (2022)
• CAA Preseason Co-Player of the Year (2022)
• Collegiate Baseball Preseason Second Team All-American (2022)
• Baseball America Freshman All-American Second Team (2021)
• Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American (2021)
• NCBWA Freshman All-America Team (2021)
• ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team (2021)
• CAA Co-Rookie of the Year (2021)
• All-CAA First Team (2021)