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Max Fried’s Contract Particulars, Bonuses Revealed for $218M Yankees Deal in MLB FA

Scott Polacek @@ScottPolacek Featured Columnist IV December 18, 2024 Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images It was quite the lucrative offseason for pitcher Max Fried. The southpaw agreed to an eight-year, $218 million deal with the New York Yankees, and Jon Heyman of the New York Post provided the contract details Tuesday. Notably, it features a signing

Max Fried’s Contract Particulars, Bonuses Revealed for $218M Yankees Deal in MLB FA

Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVDecember 18, 2024

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 02: Max Fried #54 of the Atlanta Braves throws a pitch against the San Diego Padres during the first inning in Game Two of the Wild Card Series at Petco Park on October 02, 2024 in San Diego, California.  (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

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It was fairly the profitable offseason for pitcher Max Fried.

The southpaw agreed to an eight-year, $218 million take care of the New York Yankees, and Jon Heyman of the New York Publish offered the contract particulars Tuesday. Notably, it contains a signing bonus of $20 million and a full no-trade clause:

Jon Heyman @JonHeyman

Max Fried
New York Yankees

$218M/8 years

Signing Bonus – $20M (payable $10,M-1/31/25; $10M-1/31/26)

$12,000,000 – 2025
$12,000,000 – 2026
$29,000,000 – 2027
$29,000,000 – 2028
$29,000,000 – 2029
$29,000,000 – 2030
$29,000,000 – 2031
$29,000,000 – 2032

Full No Commerce

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Whereas Fried is slated to make $29 million a 12 months for the ultimate six seasons of the contract, the quantity is considerably decrease at $12 million for 2025 and 2026. That offers the Yankees a bit extra monetary flexibility, which is notable since in addition they added Devin Williams and, based on ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Cody Bellinger this offseason.

New York shedding Juan Soto to the crosstown Mets was certainly a blow, however Fried, Bellinger and Williams characterize formidable additions.

Fried provides the Yankees fairly the one-two punch of their rotation alongside Gerrit Cole, particularly if he reaches his ceiling throughout the course of this deal.

His resume features a World Sequence title, three Gold Gloves and two All-Star picks throughout his first eight seasons with the Atlanta Braves. He completed in second place in Cy Younger voting in 2022 with a 2.48 ERA, 1.01 WHIP and 170 strikeouts in 185.1 innings, though accidents restricted him to 14 begins in 2023.

That put him beneath the highlight in 2024, however he bounced again as an All-Star with a 3.25 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 166 strikeouts in 174.1 innings.

Fried turns 31 years outdated subsequent month and may stay fairly efficient over the vast majority of this deal. He could even be higher within the instant future than he was throughout his All-Star marketing campaign in 2024 as he turns into additional faraway from his injury-shortened 2022 season.

New York is hoping that’s the case because it makes an attempt to take the following step after shedding to the Los Angeles Dodgers within the World Sequence final season.

Even when the offense takes a step again with out Soto, the pitching employees will probably be even higher with Fried. That would make the distinction between a title run and an early exit come October.

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