Players · F · Pitcher · 2026
Max Fried
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- January 18, 1994 in Santa Monica, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- August 8, 2017
- Drafted
- 2012, round 1
- High school
- Harvard-Westlake
- Salary, 2026
- $14.5M
- dbWAR
- 29.7 14 season(s)
- IP
- 112.2
- ERA
- 2.80
- FIP
- 2.65
- K/9
- 8.3
- FIP−
- 63 100 = avg
Max Fried is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2026 he struck out 104 batters over 112.2 innings across 20 appearances, 20 of them starts, going 5-5. His ERA of 2.80 is 33.1% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 7th of 17 on his team, and 71st of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.65 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 25.0% of swings (11.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.0%. His 3.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NYY | 20 | 20 | 112.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 35 | 104 | 33 | 2.80 | 2.65 | 0.99 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 67 | 63 | 3.5 | |
| 2025 | NYY | 32 | 32 | 195.1 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 164 | 62 | 189 | 51 | 2.86 | 3.07 | 1.10 | 8.7 | 2.3 | 69 | 74 | 4.7 | |
| 2024 | ATL | 29 | 29 | 174.1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 146 | 63 | 166 | 57 | 3.25 | 3.33 | 1.16 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 80 | 82 | 3.6 | |
| 2023 | ATL | 14 | 14 | 77.2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 22 | 80 | 18 | 2.55 | 3.14 | 1.13 | 9.3 | 2.1 | 59 | 72 | 2.0 | |
| 2022 | ATL | 30 | 30 | 185.1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 156 | 51 | 170 | 32 | 2.48 | 2.70 | 1.01 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 62 | 68 | 5.0 | |
| 2021 | ATL | 28 | 28 | 165.2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 139 | 56 | 158 | 41 | 3.04 | 3.31 | 1.09 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 71 | 78 | 4.0 | |
| 2020 | ATL | 11 | 11 | 56.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 50 | 19 | 2.25 | 3.10 | 1.09 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 51 | 70 | 1.6 | |
| 2019 | ATL | 33 | 30 | 165.2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 174 | 74 | 173 | 47 | 4.02 | 3.72 | 1.33 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 89 | 82 | 3.4 | |
| 2018 | ATL | 14 | 5 | 33.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 44 | 20 | 2.94 | 3.67 | 1.37 | 11.8 | 5.3 | 71 | 88 | 0.5 | |
| 2017 | ATL | 9 | 4 | 26.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 3.81 | 4.81 | 1.62 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 87 | 110 | 0.1 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 103 | 92 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .174 | .245 | .228 | .222 | 21.4% |
| vs RHB | 331 | 302 | 63 | 4 | 24 | 82 | .209 | .270 | .288 | .255 | 24.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Max Fried throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Cutter | 384 | 91.8 | 2,290 | 53.6% | 26.9% | 83 | .169 | .480 | |
| Sinker | 355 | 93.1 | 2,068 | 41.1% | 19.4% | 91 | .264 | .658 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 297 | 94.8 | 2,119 | 50.2% | 18.1% | 67 | .239 | .806 | |
| Curveball | 231 | 73.7 | 2,812 | 41.1% | 29.2% | 57 | .211 | .452 | |
| Changeup | 206 | 85.6 | 1,645 | 38.3% | 30.8% | 62 | .194 | .445 | |
| Sweeper | 204 | 79.8 | 2,772 | 47.1% | 31.3% | 32 | .031 | .092 | |
| Slider | 19 | 84.6 | 2,429 | 31.6% | 60.0% | 3 | — | — |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.