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MAX FRIED
FRONT OFFICE • Since his major league debut on August 8, 2017, • Appeared in three more games, all in
relief, for the Braves and allowed four runs
his 14 pickoffs are tied for most in the majors,
in 4.2 innings (7.71 ERA) with no decisions
and he has been successful on 19% (14-for-74)
of his attempts…In that same span, all of baseball
Gwinnett on August 23…Returned to the
has picked off 720 runners on 43,006 attempts before the club optioned him to Triple-A
(0.017%). Braves for the remainder of the season
on 9/1.
• Became the first Braves pitcher since
MANAGER & STAFF Kevin Millwood in 1999 to pick off two • Made his first career start on September
runners in the same inning when he did
3 at CHI and earned the 5-1 victory after
so on May 28, 2018 vs. NYM…Millwood
going 5.0 innings and allowing one run
and four hits…Of the four Braves to make
did it on July 18, 1999 at TOR…Between
Millwood’s two pickoffs and Fried’s game,
only six other major league pitchers their first career start in 2017, Fried was
the only one to win.
accomplished the feat, with MIN’s Kyle • Joined with Luiz Gohara and Sean
Gibson doing it last on September 7, 2016 Newcomb to become the first trio of
vs. KC.
MAX FRIED • Has split his career between the rotation and the rookie left-handers to start for the Braves
since 1945, when Bob Logan, Lefty
bullpen, making 50 career starts and 17 relief
Wallace and Bob Whitcher did it.
appearances. • Has made four trips to the injured list in his
• Is 26-9 with a 3.55 ERA when starting, and career, missing time in each of the last three
0-2 with a 3.24 ERA out of the bullpen. seasons with blister, groin and back injuries.
• Played his first full major league season in 2019
• While in the minors, missed the entire
SEASON IN REVIEW and went 17-6 with a 4.02 ERA (74 ER/165.2 IP) in minor league notes
2015 season recovering from Tommy
33 games, including 30 starts…His 17 wins were
John surgery.
second most in the National League.
• His 17 wins were most in the National
League by a left-hander, and second most • Has pitched across parts of six seasons in the
in the majors among lefties...Boston’s minor leagues, going 19-33 with a 4.18 ERA (195
Eduardo Rodríguez won 19 games.
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • Opened the 2019 season with 16.2 innings • Pitched for Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A
ER/420.1 IP) between Atlanta’s and San Diego’s
systems.
• Fried’s 17 wins were most by an Atlanta
left-hander since 2002, when Hall-of-
Famer Tom Glavine won 18 games.
Gwinnett in 2017 and appeared for the Peoria
Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League following the
without allowing an earned run, before Arizona
scored twice in the fourth inning of his start season.
• Earned Southern League Pitcher of the
on April 16...It was the longest streak without Week honors during the season and
an earned run to open the season by a Braves
earned the honor again with Peoria during
BRAVES HISTORY • Set then-career highs in innings pitched and • Was named to the All-Prospect team in
the fall.
pitcher since 2013 (Paul Maholm, 25.1 IP)
strikeouts, June 30, 2018 at STL, fanning 11 over
the Arizona Fall League.
6.2 innings...Allowed just four hits and three
walks to earn his lone win of the season. • Played his first full professional season with
Single-A Fort Wayne in 2013 and went 6-7 with a
• Became the seventh pitcher in Atlanta 3.49 ERA (46 ER/118.2 IP) across 23 starts.
franchise history to record double-digit • Was named an Organization All-Star by
strikeouts within his first 15 career games,
OPPONENTS and the first to do so since Aaron Blair amateur
MiLB.com.
fanned 10 on October 1, 2016 vs. DET.
• The Braves recalled him from Double-A
Mississippi on August 5, 2017 and he made his • Attended Harvard-Westlake High School in
Studio City, Calif. for his senior year, where he
MLB debut on August 8 vs. PHI...Tossed 2.0 was teammates with Chicago-AL's Lucas Giolito.
scoreless innings out of the bullpen…Fanned • Began his high school career at Montclair College
PHI’s Cameron Perkins for his first major league
MISCELLANEOUS 126 2021 ATLANTA BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE • Committed to UCLA, but opted to sign.
Preparatory School in Van Nuys, Calif...The
strikeout.
school cut all athletics after Fried's junior season.