NEW YORK – Max Fried took a moment to appreciate the loud ovation cascading from Yankee Stadium’s most distant decks during the seventh inning on Tuesday night, his pinstriped postseason debut largely having lived up to expectations. With spotless work against his team’s oldest rival, he’d proven he was built for both the stage and the stakes.

Yet Fried had promised to “empty the tank,” and as the left-hander settled into the home dugout during Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series, there was a nagging feeling that he had more to offer. That became a prime talking point after the bullpen faltered in a 3-1 loss to the Red Sox, one the Yankees must now keep from defining their season.

“I want to pitch as long as I possibly can, until the ball gets taken out of my hands,” Fried

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