Ex-Yankees Star Joba Chamberlain Praises Cam Schlittler For Trolling, ‘Fired Me Up’
Ex-NYY Star Joba Chamberlain
Cam’s The Slit!!!
… Praises Yankees Pitcher For Game 3 Gem
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TMZSports.com
Joba Chamberlain thoroughly enjoyed what Cam Schlittler did both on and off the mound on Thursday night … telling TMZ Sports he loved the way the Yankees pitcher trolled fans after mowing down the Red Sox lineup.
If you missed it, just after Schlittler twirled an eight-inning, 12-strikeout game against Boston in a Wild Card series do-or-die victory, he took to X to talk some smack.
Not this year
— Cam (@Cam32Schlittler) October 3, 2025
@Cam32Schlittler
First, he jabbed at a stunned Boston supporter … before he bragged about “drinking dat dirty water.”
On Friday, Joba told us he was a big fan of Schlittler’s gloating… explaining it was “the perfect time” to talk his talk.
“I love it,” the former Yankees fireballer told us. “That fired me up.”
“Go bask in it,” he added.
Chamberlain said outside of Schlittler’s heroics on the mound, he was encouraged by what else he saw from his old team. He told us the fact that the Pinstripes scored without the help of the deep ball — and they played good defense — gave him reasons to be optimistic moving forward.
Up next for the Yanks is a tough series with the Blue Jays, and while it might be a week before Schlittler hops on the bump again, Joba, the rookie and the rest of New York are clearly feeling themselves heading into the ALDS matchup.