TORONTO — With one big exception, Yankees left-hander Max Fried has been worth every penny in the first season of his big contract, eight years for $218 million.

Put the All-Star left-hander on a mound almost anywhere and he usually pitches like an ace.

His 19 wins this season led the majors.

His Yankees postseason with the Yankees last week at Yankee Stadium was stellar, 6 1/3 scoreless innings against the Red Sox.

The Yankees might have missed the playoffs with no Gerrit Cole all year if they didn’t bring in Fried last winter one day after Juan Soto passed on a $760 million offer to return to join the Mets for $5 million more.

If only the Yankees stayed out of Canada this year.

Fried against the Blue Jays at Rogers Center … holy moly!

Fried followed two bad regular-season start

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