Max Fried
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders · No. 54 · P

Max Fried

6' 4", 190 lbs·Age 32·Bats L / Throws L
15-DayInjured 15-Day
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2017–2026 · 17,910 pitches · 93.6 mph fastball
2026 · 9 G
3.58
ERA
3-3
W-L
55.3
IP
1.07
WHIP
46
SO
18
BB
7.5
K/9
0
SV
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
2.25
Best ERA · 2020
19
Most W · 2025
189
Most K · 2025
1.01
Best WHIP · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
10 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 9 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
May 13353120L
May 8665350L
May 35.33363360
Apr 27640250W
Apr 22830290W
Apr 165.33335331L
Apr 11863060
Apr 56.66753340
Mar 31730160W

Career · Hitting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201710700
201814800
2019405604
2021325505
Career9612609

Career · Pitching

10 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2017926.0113.81221.62
20181433.2142.94441.37
201933165.21764.021731.33
20201156.0702.25501.09
202128165.21473.041581.09
202230185.11472.481701.01
20231477.2812.55801.13
202429174.111103.251661.16
202532195.11952.861891.10
20261061.2433.21501.01
Career2101138.396441102
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

LHP · 17,881 pitches · 2017–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCUSISLCHFCST
FF · 4-Seam Fastball33.8% · 93.9 mph
CU · Curveball21.9% · 74.5 mph
SI · Sinker12.6% · 93.6 mph
SL · Slider11.2% · 85.1 mph
CH · Changeup9.6% · 85.6 mph
FC · Cutter7.1% · 92.5 mph
ST · Sweeper3.8% · 81.1 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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