Ahead of Friday night's game against the Boston Red Sox, Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed that Max Fried will start one of the team's two games against their bitter archrivals on Saturday.
Fried, who has posted an excellent 2.81 ERA across 15 starts this season, sustained a bone bruise on his throwing elbow for the second time in 2026 earlier this month, which has now cost him nearly three months of action this season.
After Fried threw 60 pitches during live batting practice on Aug. 24, the Yankees are ready to reintegrate their standout southpaw back into the starting rotation.
With the recent run of brutal injury luck for the Yankees - including potentially season-ending injuries for right-handed reliever Fernando Cruz and DH Giancarlo Stanton, along with team captain Aaron Judge still yet to return from his long-term injury - the return of Fried comes at a crucial time in the regular season.
New York (75-58) enters this four-game set trailing the Tampa Bay Rays (79-54) by 4.0 games in the AL East divisional race, and leading the Red Sox (73-60) by 2.0 games for the best of the three AL Wild Card seeds.
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