Yankees Rookie Gets Called Out for Viral Reaction to Giancarlo Stanton Homer

Cam Schlittler has been one of the bright surprises for the Yankees this season, a rookie right-hander who’s given the rotation stability when they needed it most. But on Tuesday night, it wasn’t his brilliant pitching that got him noticed,

He was being called out for his face.

When Giancarlo Stanton crushed a ball into the seats, the cameras found Schlittler standing in the dugout, hands stuffed in his hoodie pocket, staring blankly at the field. His teammates were jumping, yelling, and celebrating. Schlittler looked… somewhere between dazed and hypnotized.

The clip quickly made the rounds, and by Wednesday, MLB Network was asking him about it.

“It was crazy,” Schlittler said. “I mean, he’s such a good player. It’s just, it’s crazy. But I was just kind of sitting there, you know, you hear the crack of the bat. I stood up, and I was just like, wow. Like, that ball was absolutely smoked. So I look up at the screen, I’m like, 113 [mph], I’m like, Jesus. I’m just trying to figure out how far it went. So I just kind of stood up. It was like in a trance, just admiring it.”