Why Yankees’ Max Fried pulled out of All-Star Game
Max Fried may have a homecoming start in Atlanta next week, but it won’t be in the All-Star Game.
The Yankees left-hander pulled out of the Midsummer Classic on Friday — and was replaced by teammate Carlos Rodón — due to him starting Saturday’s game against the Cubs, which would have had him pitching on two days of rest in the All-Star Game on Tuesday.
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“Just a lot of machinations,” said manager Aaron Boone, whose Yankees scored a dominant 11-0 victory over the Cubs on Friday night at the Stadium. “He’s obviously pitching [Saturday], so it’s a little shorter turnaround. We’ve worked through it a lot over these last couple days.”
Fried will still attend the festivities in Atlanta, where he spent the first eight years of his big league career before signing with the Yankees.
It is possible he will then start one of the games against the Braves next weekend at Truist Park against his old teammates, now that he will not be throwing on Tuesday.
Boone said the decision for Fried not to pitch in the All-Star Game did not have much to do with any concern over his overall workload. He enters Saturday’s start with 119 innings this season, on pace to break his career-high of 185 ¹/₃ innings.
“I hope he breaks that 185 this year and then into the playoffs,” Boone said. “But certainly something we’ll be mindful of and try to pay attention to not only Max but all of our pitchers in how they’re recovering during the year.”
Boone feigned ignorance Friday when asked who with the Yankees noticed Andrés Muñoz was tipping his pitches in the ninth inning Thursday night.
“Muñoz was?” Boone deadpanned.
The Mariners realized the Yankees had a tell, with the runner at second base making a motion to the hitter when Muñoz was about to throw a slider as they rallied for two runs that sent the game to extras.
“I don’t know anything about that,” Boone said with a grin.
A day after Oswald Peraza popped out on a bunt attempt in the 10th inning, he was joined by Anthony Volpe, Jorbit Vivas, Trent Grisham and Cody Bellinger on the field early to take bunting practice.
Austin Wells, whose left wrist went numb for a few minutes Thursday after taking a bouncing ball off it behind the plate, had a planned day off Friday.
He is expected to catch Fried on Saturday afternoon.
Boone said he assumed Marcus Stroman’s quad was OK on Friday after he tweaked it during Thursday’s start, but had not yet gotten a report on it.
Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz, the pitching prospect the Yankees got back from the Red Sox for Carlos Narváez last offseason, was promoted to Double-A Somerset on Friday.
The 21-year-old right-hander had a 2.26 ERA with 99 strikeouts in 83 ²/₃ innings and 15 games at High-A Hudson Valley.
RHP Geoff Hartlieb elected free agency Friday in lieu of accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A after being designated for assignment earlier this week.
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