Walpole's Cam Schlittler eyes Major League debut with Yankees this week
A former Globe All-Scholastic at Walpole High, Schlittler pitched for Northeastern from 2020-22. He was a seventh-round draft pick in 2022.
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2 days ago
- Boston Globe
Walpole's Cam Schlittler eyes Major League debut with Yankees this week
Schlittler is 6-6 with a 2.82 earned run average in 15 minor league games this season. He is 2-1 with a 3.80 ERA in five starts since being promoted to Triple A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. A former Globe All-Scholastic at Walpole High, Schlittler pitched for Northeastern from 2020-22. He was a seventh-round draft pick in 2022. Peter Abraham can be reached at
2 days ago
Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt is expected to have season-ending Tommy John surgery
NEW YORK -- Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt likely needs a second Tommy John surgery that would sideline him for the remainder of this season and much of next year, a huge blow to New York's injury-riddled rotation. Yankees manager Aaron Boone made the announcement Saturday, acknowledging the injury to the ulnar collateral ligament in Schmidt's right elbow. 'We're making sure we have all the opinions," Boone said, "but I think it's pretty much inevitable.' Schmidt had an MRI on Friday and was placed on the 15-day injured list because of right forearm soreness, one day after his start in Toronto was cut short following three innings. The 29-year-old right-hander, who had Tommy John surgery 8 years ago, is 4-4 with a 3.32 ERA in 14 starts this season for a scuffling Yankees club that had lost five consecutive games. 'He's become a really, really good starting pitcher in this league. So, it's a tough blow," Boone said. "Every team has their share of these things that happen and we've got to be able to absorb it and hopefully get some guys back in the mix soon and create another opportunity for somebody else to hopefully step in and pick up the slack.' Cam Schlittler, a 24-year-old right-hander, could be the immediate short-term replacement. He is 2-1 with a 3.80 ERA in five starts with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre since he was promoted from Double-A Somerset on June 3. 'We'll make that call next week," Boone said before his team's Subway Series game against the New York Mets at Citi Field. "Obviously, we'll have to insert somebody. So we're kind of working through that.' Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will miss the entire season following Tommy John surgery. Right-hander Luis Gil, sidelined since straining his right lat during spring training, will throw either a third batting practice session Tuesday or Wednesday, or begin a minor league rehab assignment. The reigning AL Rookie of the Year threw to hitters on June 21 for the first time since getting hurt. Left-hander Ryan Yarbrough, out since June 20 because of a right oblique strain, is feeling better and should resume throwing pretty soon, Boone said. Right-hander Yerry de los Santos (elbow discomfort) threw a bullpen Saturday and his buildup is progressing. Schmidt had Tommy John surgery in May 2017, a month before the Yankees selected him with the 16th overall pick in the amateur draft from South Carolina. Now in his sixth major league season, he said he'd been dealing with soreness in his arm since his June 4 outing against Cleveland. Schmidt left a June 21 start versus Baltimore after a career-high 103 pitches in seven hitless innings, part of a streak of 28 1/3 scoreless innings. 'When I talked to him a couple hours ago, he was in pretty good spirits," Boone said. "Like, it is what it is. Unfortunate. In a lot of ways obviously, devastated and bummed out. But Clarke's way is you've got to flip the script and he's getting his mind into, let's get it fixed and get on with it and start to get after the rehab portion of it. So I think mentally that's where he's at.'
New York Post
2 days ago
- New York Post
Yankees plan to call up top prospect Cam Schlittler for MLB debut after Clarke Schmidt injury
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free The Yankees intend to promote Cam Schlittler to make his major league starting debut either Tuesday or Wednesday at home against the Mariners, The Post has learned. The Yankees have not made a decision public or etched definitively. But it was their current plan to go with the 24-year-old Schlittler, who between Double- and Triple-A this season had produced a 3.52 ERA in 15 games (14 starts). The Yanks are in at least a bit of a rotation crisis. Max Fried, Carlos Rodon and Will Warren have made all their starts this season, but the other two spots have been in flux and became more of an issue with Aaron Boone announcing before Saturday's Subway Series game that Clarke Schmidt will likely need Tommy John surgery, a procedure that not only will knock him out this season, but potentially all of next season as well. Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees throws a pitch during the third inning of a spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at LECOM Park on March 11, 2025 in Bradenton, Stroman is back for a rotation that was never going to have Gerrit Cole this year after this spring's Tommy John surgery. Allan Winans will not have been down the requisite 15 days to come back and make a spot start on Tuesday or Wednesday unless an injury strikes and he can be promoted for that reason. The Yankees believe that Luis Gil (lat), who has yet to pitch this year but is on an injury rehab now, will be a factor to return to the rotation somewhere between the beginning of the second half and the July 31 trade deadline. Ryan Yarbrough (oblique) is considered more of an August possibility. Acquiring a starter before the deadline has now become more pertinent. Cam Schlittler of the Somerset Patriots pitches during the game between the Akron RubberDucks and the Somerset Patriots at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Minor League Baseball via Getty For now, though, Schlittler appears as if he will get a shot. The 6-foot-6 righty, a seventh-round pick in 2022, impressed Yankee officials with his work and stuff in spring training. That continued into the season as he excelled at Double-A and was promoted to Triple-A in early June. He pitched very well in his first four starts before his worst outing of the year last Wednesday — seven runs (six earned) in 2 1/2 innings against the Phillies' affiliate.
