The Yankees have faced significant challenges with their pitching rotation, featuring the second-worst ERA in baseball at 5.17. Max Fried, their star pitcher, has been a vital asset, improving the team's chances with a strong performance that has resulted in a 1.88 ERA. In his latest outing against the Royals, Fried demonstrated impressive control, strategically varying his pitch speeds to disrupt hitters' timing. As other pitchers, like Carlos Rodón and Marcus Stroman, have struggled, Fried's excellence has been instrumental in keeping the team competitive, allowing them to stay three games over .500.
Just understanding that hitting is timing. It's rhythm and timing, and if you can try to disrupt that and throw a couple different speeds on a fastball, hopefully you can get some weak contact and get some extra outs.
The Yankees entered play with the second-worst rotation ERA in baseball (5.17), a group that has been so shaky its second-best performer statistically is Will Warren - who owns a 5.14 ERA.
Max Fried again pitched like the $218 million man that he is in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Royals in The Bronx, the Yankees moving three games over .500 and 4-for-4 in Fried outings.
The club has needed Fried to assert himself early, and the lefty is impressing with his timing both macro and micro.
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