Pitcher Max Fried quite literally took one for the team during the MLB playoff elimination game, as Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. accidentally hit a line drive right into Fried’s backside.

As Max Fried walked off the mound with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, the crowd gave him a well-deserved standing ovation. Fried looked to the left, then slowly turned his head to the right.

The Atlanta Braves' season is over following the club's 5-4 loss to the San Diego Padres in the wild-card series on Wednesday—and the defeat could spell the end of starting pitcher Max Fried's ...

Max Fried is unlikely to return to the Atlanta Braves, but another starting pitcher is on the outs as well. Arizona Diamondbacks v Atlanta Braves / Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/GettyImages ...

The Braves don’t want to think about it. Max Fried doesn’t want to think about it. The reader likely doesn’t want to think about it, either. But it was an unavoidable thought. As Fried ...

Fried will start Wednesday in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series against the Padres, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports. Atlanta is going with AJ Smith-Shawver in Game 1 before ...

But one player they missed was left-handed starter Max Fried. After the 2024 season, Fried will be an unrestricted free agent. A lot of MLB pundits have already projected the veteran left-hander ...

Max Fried was selected seventh overall by the San Diego Padres in the 2012 draft and was traded to Atlanta while he was a minor league prospect. Now, the Braves left-hander has the opportunity to ...

MIAMI — Under normal circumstances, Max Fried might’ve been thinking more about having matched Steve Avery for the fifth-most wins by a left-hander in Atlanta Braves franchise history.

ATLANTA — As he walked off the field to a resounding standing ovation with two outs in the ninth inning, Max Fried’s mind was racing, the emotions swirling. He knew he had done everything in ...