{"id":170664,"date":"2026-03-29T22:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=170664"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:08:36","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8exclusive-david-cone-declares-cam-schlittler-more-dangerous-than-past-aces-this-kid-isnt-coming-hes-here-to-take-over-and-the-message-hits-li","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=170664","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8EXCLUSIVE: David Cone declares Cam Schlittler more dangerous than past aces\u2014\u201cthis kid isn\u2019t coming, he\u2019s here to take over,\u201d and the message hits like a warning to the entire league. A new force may already be rising faster than anyone expected."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_1125,w_2000,x_0,y_51\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/f\/6\/f670c6bfb3d6f665c24e514536f3af973f131285\/MLB-New-York-Yankees-at-Toronto-Blue-Jays-cam-schlittler-26686930-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Yankees legend is full of praise for Cam Schlittler: \u2018When he throws a baseball, it\u2019s electric\u2019\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former ace David Cone, who won four World Series rings with the New York Yankees, made five All-Star teams, pitched a perfect game, and won a Cy Young Award in his brilliant career, certainly knows a good pitcher when he sees one. When he talks about Yanks\u2019 young star Cam Schlittler, you can see he genuinely admires him.<\/p>\n<p>Schlittler, of course, was behind the Yankees\u2019 most recent shutout, which happened in a 3-0 win in San Francisco on Friday. He pitched 5.1 innings on his season debut, allowing just a single hit and no walks while striking out a whopping eight hitters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_116317942\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>Cone was full of praise for the 25-year-old fireballer. Speaking on the \u201cYankees News &amp; Views\u201d podcast, the former pitcher\u00a0said he loved Schlittler\u2019s old-school demeanor\u00a0when on the mound.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_116317943\" class=\"article_chunk type_15\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_572,w_858,x_0,y_0\/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_700\/v1\/m\/0\/c\/0c4581e2242cf75a8fad06f1fdb7c9cb9166e825\/MLB-Wildcard-Boston-Red-Sox-at-New-York-Yankees-cam-schlittler-27229115-858x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_116317944\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme\">\n<h2>An \u201cElectric\u201d Old-School Pitcher<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a lot of old school in him. Right? Stand up tall. Challenge you with four-seamers. Here it is. Hit it. Very confident when he throws a baseball. And why not? When he throws a baseball, it\u2019s electric,\u201d Cone said, according to team insider Jack Curry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article_chunk type_51\">\n<div id=\"ac_116317946\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme\">\n<p>Again, it\u2019s hard to argue that Cone knows his pitching. He was one of the best in the league back in the day, pitching effectively in three different decades. In this case, Schlittler\u2019s \u2018old school\u2019 approach is very much a compliment.<\/p>\n<p>Per Curry, the retired ace Cone praised Schlittler\u2019s variety of fastballs, his release point, his leverage, the movement on his pitches, and implied there\u2019s more to come. \u201cYou almost think this kid is so talented and he\u2019s not even a finished product yet,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_116317947\" class=\"article_chunk type_15\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_572,w_858,x_0,y_0\/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_700\/v1\/m\/b\/6\/b648fa93d1f48927dca86a6856cd035e16a1456e\/MLB-Wildcard-Boston-Red-Sox-at-New-York-Yankees-cam-schlittler-27230620-858x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container aditude_ic_3\">\n<div id=\"aditude_article_inline_3\" class=\"aditude_div\" data-google-query-id=\"CK6nj5GwxJMDFXJMDwIdJB4uzw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/63317524\/yardbarker\/articles\/article_dynamic_3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_116317948\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme\">\n<h2>Blowing Away Teams With Nothing But Fastballs<\/h2>\n<p>Schlittler has a blessed arm and is not afraid to use it. On Friday, he threw 68 pitches, and 60 were some form of fastball: 22 cutters that averaged 95 mph, 22 four-seamers that averaged 98.5 mph, and 16 sinkers that averaged 98.2 mph. He completed his afternoon with seven curveballs and a slider, just to keep hitters honest.<\/p>\n<p>Evidently, Schlittler should and will throw fastball after fastball until the league shows it can do something with them. If it doesn\u2019t, then why fix what isn\u2019t broken?<\/p>\n<p>He already enjoyed massive success in the regular season, when he posted a 2.96 ERA in 73 innings last year, and the playoffs, where he left a 1.26 ERA in 14.1 frames over two different rounds.<\/p>\n<p>There was a minor injury scare in spring training when he reported some back inflammation, but he got over it relatively quickly. As long as Schlittler is healthy, he will likely yield incredible results for the Yankees this year and beyond. You could even argue that he can become the team\u2019s ace eventually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ace David Cone, who won four World Series rings with the New York Yankees, made five All-Star teams, pitched a perfect game, and won a Cy&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":170665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8EXCLUSIVE: David Cone declares Cam Schlittler more dangerous than past aces\u2014\u201cthis kid isn\u2019t coming, he\u2019s here to take over,\u201d and the message hits like a warning to the entire league. 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