SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — A rare Cam Schlittler baseball card has surfaced in Suffolk County at a particularly interesting moment in the Yankees pitcher’s breakout season.
Local collector Matt Towle owns a 2026 Topps Series 2 All Aces Cam Schlittler #AA-18, graded PSA 9 Mint.
The card is currently a PSA Pop 2, meaning only two examples have received a PSA 9 grade in PSA’s current population report. Towle owns one of those two cards.
That scarcity is becoming even more notable as Schlittler’s profile continues to rise.
The Yankees right-hander has emerged as one of the strongest pitchers in baseball this season and currently sits at the front of the American League Cy Young Award race.
Through 29 starts, Schlittler is 12-6 with a 2.04 ERA, 210 strikeouts in 171.2 innings and a 0.938 WHIP. Baseball-Reference credits him with 6.4 WAR.
His recent form has only strengthened his case.
In his Sept. 2 start against the Los Angeles Angels, Schlittler threw eight innings, allowing just one run on two hits while striking out nine and walking none.
MLB’s published Cy Young odds as of Sept. 3 listed Schlittler as the favorite at -250, ahead of Dylan Cease at +200.
For collectors, that combination of scarcity and timing is hard to ignore.
Towle’s card is part of Topps’ 2026 Series 2 All Aces insert set, and with only two PSA 9 examples currently recorded, it already stands out as a low-population graded card.
A PSA population can change if additional copies are submitted and receive the same grade, but as of now, only two PSA 9 examples are recorded.
Towle believes the card could become significantly more valuable if Schlittler finishes the season strongly, receives postseason exposure and ultimately wins the Cy Young Award when results are announced in November.
That is a collector’s prediction rather than a guaranteed investment outcome. Sports-card values can move based on player performance, postseason success, awards, grading populations and overall demand.
But the baseball side of the story is already real.
Schlittler is not merely a promising Yankees arm. He is currently one of the leading candidates for the American League’s top pitching award.
That gives Towle’s card an unusual mix of factors at once: a Yankees pitcher, elite performance, award contention, a scarce graded population and a live market listing heading toward October.
Towle’s PSA 9 Cam Schlittler All Aces card is currently available on eBay.
View the card:
https://ebay.io/m/oOitmL
For now, one of only two PSA 9 examples currently recorded for the card is sitting in Suffolk County — while the player pictured on it makes a serious run at the Cy Young Award.
