In my time as a New York Yankees fan, I’ve seen a lot of pitchers take the mound wearing pinstripes. I was born in 2004, so while I didn’t have the chance to watch greats like David Cone, Roger “The Rocket” Clemens, or Orlando “El Duque” Hernández, I have seen my fair share of great Yankees pitchers, who paved their way into the hearts of fans through great performances, likeable personalities or both. CC Sabathia, Masahiro Tanaka, currently Gerrit Cole, and even the back-end of the careers of Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte shaped my love for Yankees pitching.

However, there hasn’t been a pitcher that I’ve been as drawn to within that time as I have been with Max Fried.

When the Yankees first signed him in the offseason, I had, of course, known who Fried was. The lanky lefty from the

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