I got a laugh when I checked out baseball-reference.com this morning and Fried was listed as #4 in the Yankees' 2025 WAR ratings. Just shows that WAR is not always reliable, as if you didn't know that already.
At this early stage of his Yankee career, I can give Fried one of the highest compliments I can pay a starting pitcher. He's a stopper.
The "pleasant surprise" factor of Fried and the relative state of the Yankees' starting staff isn't nearly enough to elevate him above Aaron Judge.
Just to casually dismiss Judge's first 100 at-bats because we knew already doesn't really account for a staggering .406 batting average and 1.217 OPS.
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