Fried’s Friday Showdown: Will He Crush the Orioles or Face a Major Surprise?
The Yankees are well above .500 and with a monster like Aaron Judge on the team, it is really no surprise. I think the craziest thing about this season is that he continues to get pitched to. Outside of Barry Bonds, I don’t think I’ve ever really season anyone quite like this. He is literally a game changer any time he steps to the plate. Consider this – he is in a slump, technically, but he is still batting over .360 and has over 25 home runs. The slump is that he’s lost .030 on his batting average over the past month. Another dude who is still killing it for the Yankees is today’s starter, Max Fried. Fried should be the AL Cy Young frontrunner, but Tarik Skubal might have something to say about that. Fried is 9-2 with a 1.89 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP. Surprisingly, his ERA is even lower at home than it is overall. He has exactly one start this season where he has allowed more than two earned runs in a game and it was against the Dodgers. Orioles hitters have done next to nothing against him with just seven hits in 38 at-bats against him.Â
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