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MAX FRIED
• Was placed on the injured list on September 8, • Fried threw his 7.0 scoreless innings in just
backdated to September 6, and missed 11 games 78 pitches against Cincinnati, becoming FRONT OFFICE
with a left-side muscle spasm in his lumbar spine. just the second Braves pitcher to go as
• Picked off four runners on the season, tied with many scoreless innings on as few of
SF’s Tyler Anderson for most in the majors...Fried pitches in the postseason…Glavine also
needed just 12 pickoff attempts to do so. pitched 7.0 scoreless on just 72 pitches in
• Since his major league debut on August 8, Game 7 of the 1996 NLCS.
2017, Fried’s 14 pickoffs are tied for most • Fried’s 7.0 scoreless in Game 1 of the
in the majors, and he has been successful Wild Card Series were followed by Ian MANAGER & STAFF
on 19% (14-for-74) of his attempts…In that Anderson’s 6.0 scoreless innings in Game
same span, all of baseball has picked off 2... They are the first Braves teammates
720 runners on 43,006 attempts (0.017%). with back-to-back scoreless starts in
• Atlanta won each of Fried’s first eight starts the playoffs since Steve Avery and John
this season before losing September 5 vs. Smoltz in Game 6 and Game 7 of the 1991
Washington. NLCS versus Pittsburgh.
• He was the only pitcher in the majors to • Started Game 1 of the NLCS and held the
make at least eight starts this season and Dodgers to four hits and one run over 6.0 MAX FRIED
have his team win each of them. innings... He struck out a postseason career-
high nine, tying the most by a Braves left-hander
• Fried’s run of team wins was the longest
to open a season for a Braves starter since in playoff history…Mike Hampton fanned nine
Atlanta won all 12 of Kris Medlen’s starts in Game 2 of the 2003 NLDS, and Steve Avery
struck out nine twice (Game 2 of the 1991 NLCS,
in 2012, and was tied for the fifth-longest Game 3 of the 1992 World Series).
such streak since the team moved to
Atlanta in 1966. • Also started Game 6 of the series and SEASON IN REVIEW
pitched 6.2 innings and threw a career-
• Beat Boston, 6-3, on August 31.
most 109 pitches…Was just the sixth
• Fried has never lost an Interleague game 100-pitch game of his career…Fried is the
in his career, going 7-0 with a 2.18 ERA first Braves starter to pitch at least 6.2
(10 ER/41.1 IP) in seven starts against innings in a potential clincher since Mike
the American League…He beat Tampa Hampton in Game 5 of the 2003 NLDS.
Bay, Toronto, New York and Boston this
season. major league notes
• He is one of just two pitchers since the • Has compiled a 26-11 record and a 3.52 ERA (110 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
advent of Interleague Play in 1997 to open ER/281.1 IP) over 67 appearances and 50 starts
their career with at least seven straight in four major league seasons…Has fanned 289
victories against the opposing league, batters over 281.1 innings.
joining just Justin Verlander (7 straight).
• Has pitched his entire major league career
2020 POSTSEASON with Atlanta after the Braves acquired him
• Made four starts in the 2020 postseason, starting in a six-player trade in December, 2014. BRAVES HISTORY
Game 1 of the Wild Card Series vs. Cincinnati, • Has pitched in 12 games and made four starts in
Game 1 of the NLDS vs. Miami, and Games 1 and the postseason, combining to go 0-1 with a 3.90
ERA (13 ER/30.0 IP) and 30 strikeouts.
6 of the NLCS vs. Los Angeles...Went 0-1 with a
3.04 ERA (8 ER/23.2 IP) while Atlanta won three • Has pitched in the playoffs with Atlanta in
of the four games. 2018 (NLDS), 2019 (NLDS) and 2020 (WC,
NLDS, NLCS).
• Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings in his Wild Card
start against the Reds...Became the first Braves • Is 24-6 over the past two seasons, and his 24 OPPONENTS
pitcher to throw at least 7.0 scoreless innings in wins in that span are most in the majors by a left-
the playoffs since Mike Foltynewicz in Game 2 hander, one more than Seattle’s Marco Gonzalez.
of the 2019 NLDS vs. St. Louis, and the first left- • Only one pitcher, the Yankees Gerrit Cole,
hander to do so since Tom Glavine in Game 2 of has more wins than Fried since the start of
the 2001 NLDS vs. Houston. last year...Cole has 27 wins.

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