Maybe it was just the first T-shirt he saw in his dresser drawer, but Max Fried’s choice for Monday’s interview session before his Game 1 start against the Red Sox in the Wild Card Series on Tuesday night was spot on.

Fried sported a “Sabathia 52” T-shirt. Even in his first year as a Yankee, Fried must know that CC Sabathia is the last Yankees ace to lead the team to a World Series title in 2009.

The only thing we’ll quibble over with Fried is when he said winning a championship in baseball is “not about one person.”

On Tuesday, against Boston’s monster lefthander Garrett Crochet, the Yankees’ best chance to stop the Red Sox from stealing the opener of the three-game series rests on the left arm of their $218 million ace.

Fried and his seven-pitch arsenal must match zero for zero with

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