{"id":253245,"date":"2025-09-25T09:16:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/253245\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:16:20","slug":"max-frieds-dominant-yankees-season-continues-with-mlb-leading-19th-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/253245\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Fried\u2019s dominant Yankees season continues with MLB-leading 19th win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In early March, the Yankees lost their ace, creating questions about the top of their starting rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Gerrit Cole wasn\u2019t going to pitch at all this season, leaving a heavy burden to newcomer Max Fried.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t blink.<\/p>\n<p> Access the Yankees beat like never before <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time <strong>texting with Greg Joyce<\/strong> about the inside buzz on the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/account\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Try it free;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Try it free <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside of a shaky stretch in July and early August, the Yankees couldn\u2019t have expected anything else out of their $218 million left-hander.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday night in the final regular-season start of his first season in pinstripes, he continued to excel. Fried picked up his major league-leading 19th victory while lowering his ERA to 2.86 in <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/aaron-judge-blasts-two-homers-021932279.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Yankees\u2019 8-1 rout of the White Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Yankees\u2019 8-1 rout of the White Sox<\/a> in The Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust everything you would want from a guy at the top of your rotation. He\u2019s just such a pro, so talented, such a great teammate, such an important part of our pitching culture now here. Navigated the season so well,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said after the Yankees moved into a first-place tie in the AL East with the skidding Blue Jays. \u201cHe was a horse for us, an ace, and now looking forward to giving him the ball in October.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Fried continued his recent string of dominance, limiting the White Sox to four hits and one earned run over seven innings while striking out seven.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"09\/24\/25: New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried throws to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. JASON SZENES\/ NY POST\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"689\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d6eba6076892d255e8e7a1d0df7a1e1c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>09\/24\/25: New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried throws to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/p>\n<p>Fried ran into some trouble in the second. The first two White Sox singled, then Corey Julks reached on Jazz Chisholm Jr.\u2019s fielding error.<\/p>\n<p>But he retired the next two batters and didn\u2019t have to sweat the rest of the evening.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p>Over his past seven outings, the southpaw hasn\u2019t allowed more than three earned runs. He has a microscopic ERA of 1.55 spanning 46 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings and has given up just a single home run, back on Sept. 13 to Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried reacts on the mound in the second inning. JASON SZENES\/ NY POST\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"680\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/21a60caa358c769677ea5623f7d87a7e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried reacts on the mound in the second inning. JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/p>\n<p>His midseason struggles seem like a distant memory. He has also provided leadership, similar to the team\u2019s injured ace.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty amazing to see the work he\u2019s done with a lot of our younger guys,\u201d Aaron Judge said. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about game-planning, pitching. It\u2019s almost like having another Gerrit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The southpaw will finish his first season as a Yankee with career highs in innings pitched (195 \u00b9\/\u2083), strikeouts (189) and wins (19).<\/p>\n<p>But he wasn\u2019t ready to take any victory laps. Asked to sum up the season, Fried was already focused on taking the ball in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot finished yet. It\u2019s been very apparent the goal of this team is to go to [the] playoffs, get deep in the playoffs and win a World Series,\u201d Fried said. \u201cI like to put a lot of team goals in front of how I individually do. If we come out and go deep in the playoffs and win a World Series, I\u2019ll say it was successful. But we have a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In early March, the Yankees lost their ace, creating questions about the top of their starting rotation. 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