Cam Schlittler, the son of a Massachusetts police chief who played his college baseball in Boston, made his Major League Baseball debut on Wednesday.

One game into his major league career, Cam Schlittler is the hardest-throwing member of the New York Yankees’ rotation.

While the 24-year-old flamethrower takes in the emotions of such a step in his baseball journey, manager Aaron Boone must grapple with New York’s depleted starting rotation, Schlittler’s potential and his promising debut.