{"id":57187,"date":"2025-04-29T07:55:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187"},"modified":"2025-04-29T07:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:55:49","slug":"did-the-yankees-sign-another-cy-young-candidate-they-just-might-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187","title":{"rendered":"Did the Yankees sign another Cy Young candidate? They just might have"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Did
Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the New York Yankees signed Max Fried to an eight-year, $218 million deal this offseason, they certainly had big expectations.<\/p>\n

What they might not have anticipated was getting full-blown Cy Young-level production right out of the gate.<\/p>\n

Fried has been a savior for a Yankees rotation that desperately needed stability after Gerrit Cole was ruled out for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Over his first 37.2 innings in pinstripes, Fried hosts a jaw-dropping 1.43 ERA and is showing no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n

\"Did
Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fried shut down the Blue Jays after a rocky first inning<\/h2>\n

In game one of Sunday\u2019s doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays, Fried faced early pressure.<\/p>\n

Toronto managed to scrape a run across in the first inning, but Fried slammed the door shut after that, settling in to dominate across six innings of work.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old tossed 101 pitches, giving up just six hits and allowing one earned run. It wasn\u2019t a start fueled by overwhelming strikeout numbers \u2014 it was pure efficiency, generating weak contact and relying on his elite fastball command.<\/p>\n

Max Fried\u2019s fastball is an elite weapon<\/h2>\n

At the moment, Fried\u2019s fastball is performing at an absurdly high level.<\/p>\n

He owns a 98% fastball run value, meaning hitters simply aren\u2019t doing damage against it.<\/p>\n

Throwing his four-seam fastball 37.5% of the time, Fried is holding opponents to a .140 batting average and a .220 slugging rate against the pitch. Those are elite figures by any standard, especially considering how often he leans on it in key moments.<\/p>\n

Even more impressive, Fried\u2019s sweeping slider has been untouchable.<\/p>\n

Opposing hitters have yet to record a hit against it in 2025, giving Fried another devastating weapon in his arsenal to keep batters guessing.<\/p>\n

\"Did
Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What happens when Gerrit Cole returns?<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s almost hard to imagine how dangerous this Yankees rotation could be when Gerrit Cole makes his anticipated return in 2026.<\/p>\n

If Fried continues to pitch like this, the Yankees could have one of the most dominant one-two punches in all of baseball \u2014 the kind of top-end rotation that wins playoff series.<\/p>\n

Of course, staying healthy will be key.<\/p>\n

Both Fried and Cole have dealt with injuries in the past, but the Yankees\u2019 investment in high-level pitching talent is already paying dividends.<\/p>\n

Max Fried is earning every dollar of his contract<\/h2>\n

In an offseason full of big money contracts and high-stakes decisions, the Yankees\u2019 move to sign Max Fried might end up being the best of the bunch.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not just filling a spot \u2014 he\u2019s thriving, leading, and carrying the pitching staff when they need him the most.<\/p>\n

If he keeps this up, Fried could find himself in the thick of the Cy Young conversation \u2014 and the Yankees could find themselves positioned exactly where they hoped to be when they opened the checkbook.<\/p>\n

\n

Popular Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Yankees: Good news and bad news after double header sweep against Blue Jays<\/li>\n
  • Yankees press eject button on star offseason acquisition \u2018for now\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When the New York Yankees signed Max Fried to an eight-year, $218 million deal this offseason, they certainly had big expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":57189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nDid the Yankees sign another Cy Young candidate? They just might have - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Did the Yankees sign another Cy Young candidate? They just might have - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When the New York Yankees signed Max Fried to an eight-year, $218 million deal this offseason, they certainly had big expectations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-29T07:55:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-18.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187\",\"name\":\"Did the Yankees sign another Cy Young candidate? They just might have - News 365\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-18.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-29T07:55:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-29T07:55:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-18.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-18.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Did the Yankees sign another Cy Young candidate? They just might have\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"News 365\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6\",\"name\":\"MrLuu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrLuu\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Did the Yankees sign another Cy Young candidate? They just might have - News 365","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Did the Yankees sign another Cy Young candidate? They just might have - News 365","og_description":"When the New York Yankees signed Max Fried to an eight-year, $218 million deal this offseason, they certainly had big expectations.","og_url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187","og_site_name":"News 365","article_published_time":"2025-04-29T07:55:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-18.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrLuu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrLuu","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187","name":"Did the Yankees sign another Cy Young candidate? They just might have - News 365","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-18.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-29T07:55:49+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-29T07:55:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-18.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-2-18.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=57187#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Did the Yankees sign another Cy Young candidate? They just might have"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/","name":"News 365","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6","name":"MrLuu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrLuu"},"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57190,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57187\/revisions\/57190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}