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The New York Yankees stepped up their pursuit of pitching upgrades for the 2025 season on Tuesday. The team\u2019s top brass held a 90-minute Zoom call with former Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried, an eight-year veteran and two-time All Star who is considered one of the top pitching acquisitions on the free agent market.<\/p>\n
The Zoom call was\u00a0revealed by Yankees television\u00a0broadcaster and sports talk radio host Michael Kay on Wednesday. The remote meeting is said to have taken place on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThe Yankees had a 90 minute Zoom call with Max Fried yesterday, and it supposedly went very well,\u201d Kay said, on his radio show\u2019s X (formerly Twitter) account. \u201cSomebody who\u2019s on the Fried side said that Max really really liked them and apparently they\u2019re going to have another meeting as well\u201d<\/p>\n
What is the importance of a the Yankees\u2019 Zoom call with the 30-year-old Los Angeles native? Here are five key takeaways.<\/p>\n
Yankees Are Pursuing \u2018Plan B\u2019 if They Fail to Get Soto<\/b><\/h2>\n
It\u2019s not exactly news to say that by far the biggest prize in the free agent sweepstakes this offseason is Juan Soto, a\u00a0once-in-a-generation\u00a0level hitter. Soto played the 2024 season for the Yankees, with at least. five teams in pursuit, all of whom have the resources to meet Soto\u2019s contract demands which could total between $600 million and $700 million, only one team will end up with him. If that team is not the Yankees, they will understandably feel pressure to land another big money free agent. Fried would fit that bill.<\/p>\n
Yankees Want to Block Arch-Rival Boston Red Sox<\/b><\/h2>\n
After five mostly dormant years in the free agent market, the Boston Red Sox appear to be back in the game \u2014 in a big way. Some reports have called the Red Sox, who have a lengthy history of Dominican superstars,\u00a0the favorites to land Soto, a Dominican Republic native. But that\u2019s not all. Numerous media reports have stated that even if they win the Soto sweepstakes, the Red Sox may not be done, and may also look to\u00a0sign a pitcher such as\u00a0Fried. By meeting with Fried, the Yankees may be trying to block the Red Sox from making a splash in the American League East.<\/p>\n
Possible Prelude to Trading Carlos Rodon<\/b><\/h2>\n
Before the 2023 season, the Yankees signed former Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants lefty Carlos Rodon to a\u00a0six-year, $162 million contract. But they found themselves\u00a0quickly disappointed. He showed up in 2023 with an injury, and while rehabbing injured himself again. He reportedly refused to work with Matt Blake, the team\u2019s pitching coach, as well. Though he started pitching more consistently in the second half of 2024, the Yankees may see paying out the next four years of his contract as too much of a risk, and would rather ship him out and replace him with Fried.<\/p>\n
Fried Could Be a Plan B \u2014 For Corbin Burnes<\/b><\/h2>\n
Former Baltimore Orioles right\u00a0Corbin Burnes is widely regarded\u00a0as the second-most valuable free agent on the market, behind Soto. The Yankees have reportedly\u00a0held a Zoom meeting\u00a0with Burnes as well. The right handed ace would likely be the Yankees first choice to sign as a free agent pitcher, but talking with Fried gives them a backup plan.<\/p>\n
The Yankees Are Going For it in 2025<\/b><\/h2>\n
While they haven\u2019t signed any of the big name free agents yet, the Yankees appear extremely active, not only inquiring about but meeting face to face, even if by Zoom, with three of the five top-ranked free agents currently available. One thing, then, seems certain. After their frustrating five-game loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2020 World Series, the Yankees appear to be going all-in to win a 28th championship for the franchise in 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Fried The New York Yankees stepped up their pursuit of pitching upgrades for the 2025 season on Tuesday. The team\u2019s top brass held a 90-minute Zoom… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n
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