{"id":34271,"date":"2025-03-19T07:10:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34271"},"modified":"2025-03-19T07:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:10:34","slug":"alex-cora-gives-max-fried-his-flowers-after-red-sox-yankees-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34271","title":{"rendered":"Alex Cora gives Max Fried his flowers after Red Sox-Yankees clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-col px-4 pt-4 font-secondary lg:px-0\">\n<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">Alex Cora came away impressed after Fried threw 4.1 shutout innings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-row gap-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col lg:max-w-[660px]\">\n<div class=\"px-4 pb-5 lg:px-0\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-between gap-4  font-secondary md:items-center \">\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm md:text-nowrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-video w-full max-w-full object-contain object-center px-4 lg:px-0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Red-Sox-news-Alex-Cora-gives-Max-Fried-his-flowers-after-Boston-Yankees-clash.jpg?w=700\" sizes=\" (max-width: 768px) 600px,  (min-width: 769px) 700px\" srcset=\"\n              https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Red-Sox-news-Alex-Cora-gives-Max-Fried-his-flowers-after-Boston-Yankees-clash.jpg?w=700 600w,\n              https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Red-Sox-news-Alex-Cora-gives-Max-Fried-his-flowers-after-Boston-Yankees-clash.jpg?w=700 900w\n            \" alt=\"featured-image\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">New York\u00a0Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried\u00a0turned in a sparkling outing as he continues to ramp up for the regular season, shutting the\u00a0Boston Red Sox\u00a0out over 4.1 innings with three strikeouts. After the game, which ended in a 4-4 tie,\u00a0Red Sox manager Alex Cora\u00a0had\u00a0plenty to say about the Yankees&#8217; biggest offseason acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows what he&#8217;s doing,\u201d Cora said, per MLB.com&#8217;s Bryan Hoch. \u201cHe comes from an organization [where] that&#8217;s what they do, right? They pitch. It was good to talk to him and understand what drives him and how he operates on the mound. He knew what he was talking about, because he mentioned our defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was Fried&#8217;s third start of the spring, and he has now pitched 10.2 innings and given up only three runs on five hits with one walk.<\/p>\n<p>Fried came up with the Atlanta Braves, where he spent the first eight years of his career. He signed an eight-year, $218 million contract with the Yankees over the offseason after also considering the Red Sox and other teams.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Max Fried had a \u2018gut&#8217; feeling about signing with the Yankees over the Red Sox<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3298908\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3298908\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3298908\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Max-Fried-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Max-Fried-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Max-Fried-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Max-Fried-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Max-Fried-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Max-Fried-1.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried (54) throws a pitch against the Boston Red Sox in the third inning during spring training at George M. Steinbrenner Field. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3298908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"not-prose flex w-full flex-col gap-2 divide-y divide-solid divide-[#58585820] bg-[#FAFAFA] px-4 pt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">Fried got his first taste of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry on Tuesday, but he could have just as easily gotten it from the opposite perspective. The Red Sox and Texas Rangers both reportedly offered him seven years and $190 million. His final decision is believed to have\u00a0come down to the Red Sox and Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone that I talked to was really great,\u201d Fried said, per Hoch. \u201cAt the end of the day, I don\u2019t know if I could really put my finger on it. It was just more of a gut feeling. I felt like this was the right place for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Cora continued to praise Fried, he opened up more about what he discussed with the pitcher during the free agent process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a guy that you\u2019re going to put the ball in play, so you have to play defense behind him. We actually told him, \u2018We\u2019re going to be better defensively.\u2019 [The deal] just didn&#8217;t happen, but he\u2019s a good kid that got rewarded. He\u2019s been on the big stage, and he&#8217;s been successful. So they\u2019ve got a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox won&#8217;t face the Yankees in the regular season until June 6 to 8 when they visit Yankee Stadium for a weekend series.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Cora came away impressed after Fried threw 4.1 shutout innings New York\u00a0Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried\u00a0turned in a sparkling outing as he continues to ramp up&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alex Cora gives Max Fried his flowers after Red Sox-Yankees clash - 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