Blue Jays fan attempts to make insane Cam Schlittler argument Yankees fans won't have

New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler has arguably been the best starting pitcher in the American League this season. When Schlittler took the mound at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays for his 11th start of the season, the right-hander was boasting a 6-1 record and with a ridiculous 1.35 ERA.

Schlittler was excellent against Toronto through six innings, looking every bit like the Cy Young frontrunner he's been so far in 2026. Things unraveled slightly in the seventh, however, as Schlittler allowed a single, a walk, and a bunt single (powered by a fielding gaffe from Schlittler/Austin Wells), which led to Schlittler uncharacteristically walking in a run with the bases loaded.

Schlittler was promptly pulled by Aaron Boone (at 106 pitches) and ultimately took the loss, but he still ended up with a respectable outing of six innings pitched, two earned runs, two walks, and seven strikeouts. His ERA (1.50) remained tops in the MLB heading into Thursday. In essence, Schlittler is still having a marvelous season.

But you wouldn't know it if you talked to some Blue Jays supporters! One of them, Toronto-based baseball news editor Tom Ruminski, made a point to hate on Schlittler for the Yankees pitcher's postgame comments, in which Schlittler criticized himself for the walks, rather than bow down to the Blue Jays and give them full credit (as Ruminski was hoping to see happen, apparently).

Blue Jays fan is hating on Cam Schlittler for absolutely no reason other than his own fragility

"Schlittler’s 5.68 ERA and 2.13 WHIP vs. the Blue Jays are the worst numbers he has against any MLB team," Ruminski tweeted out with his chest pointing up in the air. "Maybe give some props that they own you."

Those are misleading numbers, too. Schlittler has one "bad" start against Toronto: a 1 2/3-inning nightmare in which he allowed four runs in his 10th MLB start. They defeated him in the playoffs, but he went 6 1/3 innings and allowed just two earned runs on eight hits and no walks. The Yankees' offense was the problem. The other outing was Schlittler's second career start, and he allowed two runs over five innings in a game the Yankees won. What're we even talking about?

Yankees fans were left trying to figure out why Ruminski is so upset. Maybe it's that the Blue Jays are still 7.5 games back of the Yankees, even after a win on Wednesday. Maybe it's that Toronto's 2026 season just hasn't been encouraging at all so far. Maybe it's that Schlittler just tends to attract enemies and haters alike like flies because he's dominant (and a social media instigator). All of the above?

All that Ruminski's silly overcompensation did was lead the discussion back to Schlittler and his excellence. When you look at the body of work that Schlittler has put together since his MLB debut last July, he's accrued a 2.27 ERA in 25 career starts, which is tied for the second-best ERA in MLB during that span. It's incredible how much Schlittler has already accomplished, especially given his humble MLB origin story.

By the way, Schlittler's other metrics also rank highly in MLB during the span of his career thus far: 159 strikeouts (4th), 2.83 FIP (tied for third), 4.1 fWAR (4.1).

But yeah, since he's been a little bit less effective against the Blue Jays, we guess Toronto fans are allowed to act like Schlittler needs to proclaim the Jays his daddy, or something like that. It's not going to happen, but Ruminski and his supporters might as well bask in this fleeting moment while it lasts.

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