Every team wants to have great players on its side heading into the postseason, and having those players performing at their peaks in September is a drastic confidence boost.

New York Yankees ace Max Fried checks all those boxes, and after his latest virtuoso performance, American League playoff contenders should know they have a problem on their hands.

Fried and the Yankees arrived in Baltimore to begin a four-game series on Thursday after a brutal travel schedule that included a late-night flight to Washington, D.C., and an 80-mile bus ride to the team hotel. But if the Baltimore Orioles were hoping Fried would show fatigue on Thursday night, they were bitterly disappointed.

Fried pitched seven dominant innings in the Yankees' 7-0 win, allowing just three hits and striking out 13 batt

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