Fried, Pasquantino, Adell, Flaherty, Giménez

Can Fried replicate Bronx debut? ... Max Fried's (LHP, NYY) first season in New York yielded plenty of fantasy goodness—and a league-leading 19 wins—though a second-half slide (4.02 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) ended things on a relatively sour note. Any reason for concern?

YearIPERA/xERAWHIP/xWHIPH%/S%GB/LD/FBBall%BB%K%SwK%HR/F
2022185.12.48/3.211.01/1.1230%/78%50/19/2934%4%23%12.7%8%
202377.22.55/3.131.13/1.1333%/81%57/17/2536%6%26%11.9%13%
2024174.13.25/3.241.16/1.2630%/74%58/18/2336%8%23%10.6%12%
20251952.86/3.381.10/1.1929%/76%52/18/2936%6%24%11.9%9%
25-2H874.02/3.701.29/1.2732%/70%51/19/2837%8%23%12.4%10%

A 2025 repeat is wishful thinking, but Fried can still be a high-floor SP2:

  • While both were in decent shape, xERA and xWHIP suggest Fried...

Almost!

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