Max Fried projection

Max Fried (LHP, NYY) projects to strike out 23.4% of batters, walk or hit 8.4% and allow home runs to 2.20%, working about 5.3 innings per start.

2026 season: 22 starts, 124.3 innings, 117 strikeouts, 36 walks + HBP, 7 home runs.

2025 Statcast: xwOBA allowed 0.287, CSW 27.469%.

Whiff rate 26.6%, barrels allowed 6.9%, hard-hit rate 37.2%. Projections are regressed toward league average by sample size (2224 batters faced in the weighted sample), so small samples move less.

Recent starts

DateInningsPitches
2026-10-075.780
2026-09-30698
2026-09-226.797
2026-09-15788
2026-09-103.380

Runs allowed per nine innings this season: 2.9. How these numbers feed each game projection is explained on the methodology page, and how to read a pitcher projection explains each number above.

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