Yankees make Max Fried's eight-year, $218 million contract official
Max Fried looks on from the dugout on Sept. 29 at Truist Park in Atlanta. Credit: Icon Sportswire via AP/David J. Griffin
The Yankees on Tuesday announced the signing of lefthander Max Fried to an eight-year, $218-million contract. Fried will be introduced on Wednesday at noon in a Yankee Stadium news conference.
Fried, 30, is a two-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove Award winner. He went 11-10 last season with two complete games (one shutout) and a 3.25 ERA in 29 starts with Atlanta.
In 168 career games (151 starts) over eight seasons with Atlanta, Fried has gone 73-36 with six complete games (four shutouts) and a 3.07 ERA. He will slot in as the Yankees’ No. 2 starter behind Gerrit Cole.
The Yankees will hold a press conference for another one of their offseason imports, reliever Devin Williams, on Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Yankees acquired the former National League Rookie of the Year and two-time NL Reliever of the Year from the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday in exchange for lefthander Nestor Cortes, second base prospect Caleb Durbin and cash considerations.
Anthony Rieber covers baseball, as well as the NFL, NBA and NHL. He has worked at Newsday since Aug. 31, 1998, and has been in his current position since July 5, 2004.
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