Max Fried

Bats L Throws L6'4" 190 lbBorn 1994 Santa Monica, USADebut 2017Team NYY1x All-StarDraft 2012 R1 #7 San Diego Padres, Harvard-Westlake HS (CA)Contract 8 y/$218M (25-32) 2026: $14,500,000

Awards: Gold Glove x2, All-MLB First Team, All-MLB Second Team, Rawlings AL Gold Glove, Rawlings NL Gold Glove, Silver Slugger

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	693	22.4	6.6	2.42	21.8	6.20	108.4
2027							107.3
2028							106.5

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 109 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Gerrit Cole	2022	110.2	120.0	821
2	Adam Wainwright	2013	109.8	116.4	898
3	Max Scherzer	2016	108.0	123.7	780
4	Carlos Carrasco	2018	105.9	88.9	341
5	Roy Halladay	2008	115.4	110.4	963
6	Jon Lester	2015	105.8	116.1	796
7	Chris Carpenter	2006	116.6	97.1	29
8	Aaron Nola	2024	108.4	90.5	404
9	Luis Castillo	2024	107.3	100.0	745
10	Jacob deGrom	2019	115.6	122.9	268

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	NYY	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	ATL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	ATL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	ATL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	ATL	32	67	7	15	3	5	4	18	0.273	0.322	0.327	0.649	70.4
2020	ATL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	ATL	40	65	11	11	4	4	5	16	0.196	0.262	0.268	0.530	35.0
2018	ATL	14	8	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250	-48.1
2017	ATL	10	9	1	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	0.125	0.000	0.125	-59.8
Career		212	149	20	27	7	9	10	40	0.214	0.272	0.270	0.542	40.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									693				107.3
2026*									332				131.6	102.2	133.8
2025	NYY	19	5	2.86	32	32	0	195.3	801	14	51	189	112.4	103.8	116.2
2024	ATL	11	10	3.25	29	29	0	174.3	714	13	57	166	112.1	99.5	111.6
2023	ATL	8	1	2.55	14	14	0	77.7	311	7	18	80	112.3	99.8	112.1
2022	ATL	14	7	2.48	30	30	0	185.3	733	12	32	170	117.1	103.3	120.4
2021	ATL	14	7	3.04	28	28	0	165.7	667	15	41	158	112.0	104.2	116.2
2020	ATL	7	0	2.25	11	11	0	56.0	224	2	19	50	115.3	104.7	120.0
2019	ATL	17	6	4.02	33	30	0	165.7	702	21	47	173	102.4	101.5	104.0
2018	ATL	1	4	2.94	14	5	0	33.7	142	3	20	44	101.2	102.0	103.3
2017	ATL	1	1	3.81	9	4	0	26.0	121	3	12	22	88.0	103.2	91.2
Career		92	41	3.03	200	183	0	1079.7	4415	90	297	1052	110.6		113.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	67	90.3	-0.5	33.3	28.3	21.4	0.230	0.324	0.269	26.0
2019	65	86.5	-3.5	29.5	18.3	25.9	0.205	0.280	0.249	26.1
2018	8	81.4	-16.4	20.0	25.0	20.0	0.148	0.165	0.143
2017	9	81.2	-8.8	0.0	16.7	31.6	0.070	0.073	0.154

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	P	32	195	10	39	4	1	0.925	+3.7
2024	ATL	P	29	174	10	17	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2023	ATL	P	14	78	6	7	2	0	0.867	-0.1
2022	ATL	P	30	185	15	26	1	0	0.976	+3.0
2021	ATL	P	28	166	8	37	1	3	0.978	+3.4
2020	ATL	P	11	56	1	15	1	1	0.941	+1.3
2019	ATL	P	33	166	7	34	3	1	0.932	+1.3
2018	ATL	P	14	34	0	9	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2017	ATL	P	9	26	0	6	1	0	0.857	+0.5

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2023	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	39	9.0 IP, 26% K	5.00
2018	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	291	66.1 IP, 24% K	4.63
2018	AA	Mississippi Braves	Pit	41	11.1 IP, 39% K	0.00
2017	AAA	Gwinnett Braves	Pit	20	6.0 IP, 30% K	0.00
2017	AA	Mississippi Braves	Pit	385	86.2 IP, 22% K	5.95
2016	A	Rome Braves	Pit	425	103.0 IP, 26% K	3.93
2014	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Pit	24	5.2 IP, 8% K	5.19
2014	Rk	AZL Padres	Pit	26	5.0 IP, 31% K	5.40
2013	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Pit	500	118.2 IP, 20% K	3.50
2012	Rk	AZL Padres	Pit	72	17.2 IP, 24% K	3.66

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.383	0.284	0.442	0.172
2019	0.300	0.233	0.278	0.206
2018	0.000	0.150	0.000	0.150
2017	0.450	0.140		0.229

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	5	5	5	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	4	0	0
2019	5	0	0
2018	4	0	0
Career	18	5	5	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	1	6.92	2	2	9.1	12	1	5	7	1.87
2024	0	1	22.50	1	1	2.0	8	1	0	2	4.00
2023	0	0	6.75	1	1	4.0	6	1	4	3	2.50
2022	0	1	11.61	1	1	3.1	8	0	1	2	2.90
2021	2	2	4.23	5	5	27.7	30	3	3	29	1.19
2020	0	1	3.04	4	4	23.7	24	4	6	23	1.27
2019	0	0	9.00	4	0	4.0	5	0	3	6	2.00
2018	0	0	3.86	4	0	2.3	1	1	1	1	0.86
Career	2	6	5.34	22	14	75.9	94	11	23	73	1.54