This was the Max Fried of April, May and June.
The ace who wouldn’t give an inch to the opposition.
Who was at his best when it was needed.
The Yankees’ woes could have continued Friday night against the rival Red Sox in the shape of a dismal 1-0 defeat in The Bronx, but you couldn’t blame Fried for that. He kept them in the sport as Brayan Bello was putting up zeroes Friday night.
“I used to be using each side of the plate, using all my pitches and just getting back to pitching,” Fried said after the Yankees fell to 1-7 against the Red Sox this season. “I feel like loads of times I used to be just attempting to perhaps … use the fastball an excessive amount of. I desired to get back to throwing a bunch of various pitches in several counts and being OK with taking some gambles.”
The southpaw allowed just 4 singles across six shutout innings while striking out seven.
He retired phenom Roman Anthony all thrice he faced him. Each at-bat, there have been runners on base as well.
Fried threw seven different pitches against the Red Sox, and none of them greater than 26 times.
He reduce on his usage of the cut fastball, throwing it on just 14 occasions. That was by design.
“I just desired to give you the option to make use of each side of the plate and alter speeds — that’s what I do very well,” he said. “Lots of times I felt like I got backed right into a corner and perhaps used the cutter a bit of an excessive amount of. I just wanted to vary something up a bit of bit. It was good. It felt good. It was nice to maintain the team in the sport.”
The one negative to Fried’s outing was his pitch count was so high — 99 after six innings — he couldn’t go deeper into the sport.
That was mostly the results of three walks.
But that’s nitpicking for a pitcher who had struggled a lot of late.
In three previous August starts, Fried had allowed 15 earned runs over 15 innings, a 9.00 ERA. He wasn’t significantly better in July, pitching to a 5.54 ERA.
Perhaps it is a start for Fried as September nears.
The Yankees need this version of him moving forward.
“I felt like all the things was an element for him tonight, which was good to see,” manager Aaron Boone said. “His entire arsenal played a task for him. He was really off the barrel all night.”
This was the Max Fried of April, May and June.
The ace who wouldn’t give an inch to the opposition.
Who was at his best when it was needed.
The Yankees’ woes could have continued Friday night against the rival Red Sox in the shape of a dismal 1-0 defeat in The Bronx, but you couldn’t blame Fried for that. He kept them in the sport as Brayan Bello was putting up zeroes Friday night.
“I used to be using each side of the plate, using all my pitches and just getting back to pitching,” Fried said after the Yankees fell to 1-7 against the Red Sox this season. “I feel like loads of times I used to be just attempting to perhaps … use the fastball an excessive amount of. I desired to get back to throwing a bunch of various pitches in several counts and being OK with taking some gambles.”
The southpaw allowed just 4 singles across six shutout innings while striking out seven.
He retired phenom Roman Anthony all thrice he faced him. Each at-bat, there have been runners on base as well.
Fried threw seven different pitches against the Red Sox, and none of them greater than 26 times.
He reduce on his usage of the cut fastball, throwing it on just 14 occasions. That was by design.
“I just desired to give you the option to make use of each side of the plate and alter speeds — that’s what I do very well,” he said. “Lots of times I felt like I got backed right into a corner and perhaps used the cutter a bit of an excessive amount of. I just wanted to vary something up a bit of bit. It was good. It felt good. It was nice to maintain the team in the sport.”
The one negative to Fried’s outing was his pitch count was so high — 99 after six innings — he couldn’t go deeper into the sport.
That was mostly the results of three walks.
But that’s nitpicking for a pitcher who had struggled a lot of late.
In three previous August starts, Fried had allowed 15 earned runs over 15 innings, a 9.00 ERA. He wasn’t significantly better in July, pitching to a 5.54 ERA.
Perhaps it is a start for Fried as September nears.
The Yankees need this version of him moving forward.
“I felt like all the things was an element for him tonight, which was good to see,” manager Aaron Boone said. “His entire arsenal played a task for him. He was really off the barrel all night.”
