{"id":18879,"date":"2024-12-19T15:42:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=18879"},"modified":"2024-12-19T15:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:42:49","slug":"breaking-max-fried-tries-on-his-no-54-yankees-jersey-for-the-first-time-and-offers-opening-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=18879","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Max Fried tries on his No. 54 Yankees jersey for the first time, and offers opening remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;There\u2019s no bigger stage than pitching in New York&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Max Fried\u00a0<\/strong>donned his No. 54\u00a0Yankees\u00a0jersey for the first time on Wednesday, as the left-hander was officially introduced as the newest member of the team\u2019s starting rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Fried, who turns 31 in January, signed his eight-year, $218 million deal on Wednesday, and it\u2019s clear that he comes to the Yanks with both a reverence for the past and a desire to be a part of a winning future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a baseball fan, you know what it means, or you know the standard that the Yankees hold. Putting on the pinstripes, there\u2019s a certain responsibility and expectation that comes with that, and I\u2019m extremely excited to take that on,\u201d Fried said, explaining that he felt \u201ca sense of pride\u201d as he put on the jersey for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people have worn these pinstripes, and there\u2019s a certain feel, and I\u2019m excited to be able to put the pinstripes on in Yankee Stadium for the Yankees. It\u2019s one of the most storied, winning franchises in sports, and I want to be able to kind of do my part in adding to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since making his debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2017, Fried, a former first-round pick by the San Diego Padres, has been a winner, pitching to a 3.07 ERA while making the postseason seven times, including in 2021 when he made five postseason starts for the World Champion Braves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning is a big priority for me,\u201d Fried said. \u201cAt the end of the day, every single year the Yankees come to spring training, the No. 1 goal is to win the World Series. It\u2019s not to get to the playoffs, it\u2019s not to do anything but hold up the trophy at the end of the year. Knowing that I was going to make potentially a long commitment, I wanted to be in a place that I knew I was going to be able to win year in and year out. I love playoff baseball and I love to be able to have meaningful baseball at the end of the year, and the Yankees are an organization that are going to do that year in and year out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fried said that he was initially \u201cfairly surprised\u201d to learn of the Yankees&#8217; interest, but explained that \u201cwhen the Yankees say that they\u2019re interested in you, you perk up and you listen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And as he walked through his new home park at E 161st street and River Ave, there was something about the clubhouse that reaffirmed his decision to sign with the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s three words that were put up on the wall, and it\u2019s \u2018prepare,\u2019 \u2018compete,\u2019 and \u2018win,\u2019 and I thought a lot about that. To me as a competitor, and just to me at the core as a player, it really resonated with me,\u201d said Fried. \u201cBefore I take the ball I\u2019m going to prepare as best as I can, when I\u2019m out there I\u2019m going to leave everything out there and compete to the best of my abilities, and at the end of the day, the one thing that we\u2019re out here to do is to win. For me, I couldn\u2019t be more excited to be here, part of the Yankees and part of this organization, and I can\u2019t wait to get down to Tampa and get started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been plenty of cases over the years of good players coming to New York only to struggle, with the bright lights of the Big Apple seemingly not being for everyone. But Fried said that he welcomes the added pressure.<\/p>\n<p>And while he\u2019s pitched at Yankee Stadium once before, throwing 6.0 innings of one-run ball this past June, he explained that he\u2019s never actually been able to pitch under those bright lights, and that\u2019s something he\u2019s very much looking forward to doing for the next eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no bigger stage than pitching in New York,\u201d Fried said. \u201cI\u2019ve been here for a couple of series, I got to throw my first time last year, and I\u2019m still looking to feel what that feels like to throw under the lights, because I got a Sunday day game. I\u2019m really excited, but there\u2019s a different feel when you step into the stadium. 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