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After a sharp Carlos Rod\u00f3n impressed using six different pitches in Thursday\u2019s Opening Day win, Aaron Boone was asked if he expects the former two-pitch pitcher to evolve into the type of arm who can pull from a deep arsenal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not ready to say he\u2019s going to be Max Fried,\u201d the manager said.<\/p>\n
There are not many around the league whose bags of tricks are as deep as the Yankees\u2019 Saturday starting pitcher.<\/p>\n
Fried will make his club debut after signing a $218 million pact this winter with a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of eight strong seasons with the Braves in which he continued to evolve. <\/p>\n
After adding a sweeper last year, there are seven unique offerings he can turn to \u2014 a four-seamer, sinker, changeup, devastating curveball, cutter and a more traditional slider to go with the more horizontal weapon \u2014 to keep hitters guessing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think just having an understanding of how hard it is to hit in general when you\u2019re able to throw a bunch of different looks and also change speeds,\u201d Fried said in camp. \u201cIt just adds a different element that they can\u2019t sit there and \u2026 look for a fastball or just try to jump the fastball.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to mix speeds, pitches, breaks, different things like that will just allow me to have a little bit more options.\u201d<\/p>\n
His diversity in attack and ability to grow are part of why the Yankees gave a now-31-year-old an eight-year deal, which will begin against the Brewers in The Bronx.<\/p>\n
Fried has talked up the technology around the Yankees and hinted (though not explicitly) about tweaks he can make with his new team. <\/p>\n
His curveball has been his best pitch through his career, last year rated as the sixth-best curve in terms of Statcast\u2019s Run Value and a pitch opposing hitters batted .154 against.<\/p>\n
During a spring training that went askew for the Yankees, Fried \u2014 who missed some time the past two seasons with forearm issues \u2014 had no clear issues and built up to 78 pitches during the Grapefruit League.<\/p>\n
In the Yankees\u2019 first game, Rod\u00f3n stepped up. <\/p>\n
In a season- and (they hope) postseason-long quest to compensate for the loss of Gerrit Cole, it\u2019s Fried\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously we\u2019re going to miss Gerrit,\u201d Fried said Thursday, \u201cbut at the same time, whether he was pitching in the rotation or whether he\u2019s not, it doesn\u2019t really change what I have to do at the end of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it\u2019s my time to take the ball, I have to be myself and go out there and win the ballgame.\u201d<\/p>\n
Especially encouraging Thursday was Mark Leiter Jr., who bounced back from a minor back issue in camp and struck out two in a clean inning.<\/p>\n
In 212 major league games, Leiter has thrown 5,147 pitches. <\/p>\n
None has been harder than the 95.2 mph fastball he threw to Brice Turang. <\/p>\n
His previous high was 93.5 mph, reached once in 2023 and once in \u201922.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve loved what I\u2019ve seen this spring from him,\u201d Boone said. \u201cI feel like his velocity\u2019s ticked up. His stuff is really good right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre announced its roster and its rotation, which could prove important for a Yankees team shallow in starting pitchers. <\/p>\n
SWB will use Sean Boyle, Erick Leal, Brandon Leibrandt, Zach Messinger and Allan Winans as starters.<\/p>\n
With Everson Pereira, Duke Ellis, Ismael Munguia, Grant Richardson and Jose Rojas opening the season as SWB outfielders, top prospect Spencer Jones, who had strikeout issues last year with Double-A Somerset, again will begin play with Somerset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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