Max Fried
30-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
9-10
ERA
3.49
WHIP
1.20
K
151
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Fried was a highly targeted pitcher by fantasy managers during 2023 draft season, and he pitched to expectations when he was out on the mound. The problem for fantasy manager is Fried was only able to make 14 starts while missing more than half the season with hamstring, forearm, and a blister issue to wrap up the regular season. Fried looked fantastic around the injuries winning 8 of those 14 starts with career-best 26% strikeout rate and finally hitting that 20% K-BB% benchmark. The career 53% groundball rate pitcher also posted a career-best 58% groundball rate last season. There is zero performance concerns for Fried in 2024, but the forearm strain from last year happened and the lefty has exceeded 170 innings just once in his career. This season is Fried's last with Atlanta before he is eligible for free agency and the fact the extension-happy Atlanta has not yet signed Fried to a deal appears to speak volumes as to what they think of his future healthwise. Read Past Outlooks
Logs quality start in loss
Fried (9-10) took the loss against the Dodgers on Monday, allowing three runs on two hits and three walks with seven strikeouts over six innings.
ANALYSIS
Fried didn't receive any run support from his offense but generally lacked command, throwing 57 strikes and generating only eight whiffs on 98 pitches. He has yielded three earned runs or fewer in seven of his past 10 outings but has just two wins to show for it. On the season, the southpaw owns a 3.49 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 151:54 K:BB across 159.2 innings and lines up for a favorable matchup with the Marlins this weekend.
Fried didn't receive any run support from his offense but generally lacked command, throwing 57 strikes and generating only eight whiffs on 98 pitches. He has yielded three earned runs or fewer in seven of his past 10 outings but has just two wins to show for it. On the season, the southpaw owns a 3.49 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 151:54 K:BB across 159.2 innings and lines up for a favorable matchup with the Marlins this weekend.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
92
Last 10 Games
86
Last 5 Games
95
How many pitches does Max Fried generally throw?
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What part of the game does Max Fried generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-10%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-35%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .251 | 93 | 29 | 83 | 8 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .226 | 308 | 75 | 281 | 24 | |||
2024vs Left | .318 | 36 | 14 | 42 | 5 | |||
2024vs Right | .208 | 115 | 40 | 96 | 8 | |||
2023vs Left | .205 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||
2023vs Right | .249 | 65 | 11 | 61 | 6 | |||
2022vs Left | .206 | 42 | 8 | 32 | 2 | |||
2022vs Right | .231 | 128 | 24 | 124 | 10 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-11%
ERA on Road
2024
-8%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.04 | 1.22 | 204.1 | 7.9 | 2.5 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.72 | 1.00 | 218.1 | 9.1 | 2.0 | ||||
2024Home | 3.66 | 1.31 | 66.1 | 7.9 | 3.0 | ||||
2024Away | 3.38 | 1.13 | 93.1 | 9.0 | 3.1 | ||||
2023Home | 3.86 | 1.42 | 30.1 | 7.1 | 2.7 | ||||
2023Away | 1.71 | 0.95 | 47.1 | 10.6 | 1.7 | ||||
2022Home | 2.42 | 1.11 | 107.2 | 8.2 | 2.1 | ||||
2022Away | 2.55 | 0.88 | 77.2 | 8.3 | 0.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Max Fried compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.80K/9
8.5BB/9
3.0HR/9
0.7Fastball
93.8 mphERA
3.49WHIP
1.20BABIP
.295GB/FB
3.02Left On Base
70.8%Exit Velocity
80.2 mphBarrels/BBE
3.4%Spin Rate
2223 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.0%Swinging Strike
10.4%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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If you bought into Fried after the 2021 season, you were handsomely rewardef for your beliefs in 2022 as he matched his efforts with some slight improvements in outocomes to match his 14-7 record while shaving half a run from his ERA. Fried continues to shine as an exemplar for pitchers without elite fastball characteristics can excel in this league. Fried does an outstanding job with his fastball location to then keep hitters off balance with breaking balls and offspeed pitches generating both high volumes of soft contact as well as enough swings and misses for a better than average strikeout rate for a starting pitcher. We are often coached about the perils of building around starting pitching on fantasy rosters, but few pitchers have as high a floor as Fried does even if his ceiling is about as high as it can go in most scoring categories. Wins are truly the only variable here.
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Surrenders 11 hits in loss
Fried (9-9) took the loss against Washington on Wednesday, allowing four runs on 11 hits and no walks while striking out six batters over six innings.
ANALYSIS
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Stellar in ninth win
Fried (9-8) earned the win in Friday's 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays, allowing one unearned run on five hits and one walk over seven innings. He struck out eight.
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Gets no help in loss
Fried (8-8) allowed three runs on five hits and four walks while striking out four over seven innings to take the loss versus Philadelphia on Saturday.
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Fans seven in win
Fried (8-7) yielded three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings Monday, striking out seven and earning a win over Minnesota.
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Quality start versus Phillies
Fried allowed two runs on four hits and a walk while striking out four over seven innings in a no-decision versus Philadelphia on Wednesday.
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Needing strong finish
Jeff Passan of ESPN.com believes Fried will need pitch well in September and the playoffs to have a chance of securing a top-tier contract this offseason.
ANALYSIS
The left-hander finished second in the NL Cy Young voting in 2022 after he posted a 2.48 ERA over a career-high 185.1 innings, but he was limited to 14 starts last season due to multiple injuries and hasn't been as effective in 2024. Fried has a 3.50 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 126:46 K:BB across 133.2 innings this season, with the ERA and WHIP being his worst marks since his first full year as a starter in 2019. The 30-year-old's workload history will also be a concern, as the 2022 campaign is the only time he's topped 170 frames in a season. A strong finish to this season -- plus a dominant playoff run -- could go a long way toward strengthening Fried's outlook in free agency in a strong secondary market behind the top pitcher in the class, Corbin Burnes.
The left-hander finished second in the NL Cy Young voting in 2022 after he posted a 2.48 ERA over a career-high 185.1 innings, but he was limited to 14 starts last season due to multiple injuries and hasn't been as effective in 2024. Fried has a 3.50 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 126:46 K:BB across 133.2 innings this season, with the ERA and WHIP being his worst marks since his first full year as a starter in 2019. The 30-year-old's workload history will also be a concern, as the 2022 campaign is the only time he's topped 170 frames in a season. A strong finish to this season -- plus a dominant playoff run -- could go a long way toward strengthening Fried's outlook in free agency in a strong secondary market behind the top pitcher in the class, Corbin Burnes.