Overview

• On Monday, the rookie blanked Washington for six innings with eight strikeouts, touching 100–101 mph during a 96-pitch outing.
• The YES Network reports he is the first Yankees rookie to log two straight starts of at least six innings with at least eight strikeouts.
• Across eight MLB starts he has a 2.76 ERA with 46 strikeouts in 42.1 innings, and he has allowed three earned runs or fewer each time, tying Masahiro Tanaka for the fourth-longest such debut streak in club history.
• Boone said “this is a future staple of our rotation,” and noted the team was reluctant to trade Schlittler despite deadline interest.
• With an average fastball near 97 mph and a growing curve-and-cutter mix, analysts see him in the postseason rotation conversation as New York sits 71-60, a half-game behind Boston for the top AL Wild Card.