NEW YORK — With every toss ‘n catch play, every rep in the gym, every pitch off the bullpen mound, Yankees righty Cam Schlittler focuses on his goal. He wants to win the World Series, he wants to win every game he pitches, he wants to be the best, sure. But first, he wants to walk as few people as possible.
When Schlittler reflected on his rookie season—including his signature outing, a dominant performance against his hometown Red Sox in the American League Wild Card Series—the next step was obvious. “The contact quality was great,” he says. “Getting strikeouts, getting weak contact, getting deeper into games at the end of the season when it mattered most, velo was still holding. Just limit the walks. Coming into spring training, my goal was just: not walk guys.”
