DETROIT – As Jack Flaherty took the mound at Dodger Stadium in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series, a familiar face watched from the stands. It was current Yankees pitcher Max Fried. A high school teammate at Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles, Fried made sure to witness Flaherty’s start for his hometown Dodgers.

Yankees left-hander Max Fried and former Major Leaguer Reggie Smith have a close relationship that dates back to when Fried was 5 years old. In fact, after Fried's dad, Jonathan, Smith is the younger Fried’s biggest influence when it comes to learning the game of baseball.

Max Fried is a pitcher for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball ( MLB). The Yankees have been in the news for trading fresh talent into the Bronx. Max Fried is the team's biggest free ...

Fantasy baseball drafts are well over, and we are about a week into the young 2025 MLB season. It's time for another rankings check-in. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2025 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) heading into Week 2.

The ink had scarcely dried on Max Fried's record-setting contract this past December, and the left-hander was being guided through Yankee Stadium, gaining familiarity with the surroundings that will be his home for the next eight seasons.

The New York Yankees didn’t blink when it came to spending big this offseason, handing out a massive seven-year, $218 million contract to left-handed ace Max