Max Fried Struggles with Season-High Seven Runs Against Cardinals, Remains Optimistic About Adjustments

New York Yankees left-hander Max Fried endured a challenging outing on Saturday, surrendering a season-high seven runs on eight hits over 5.0 innings in a 12-8 win over the Cardinals. This marks his fourth start allowing four or more runs in five appearances since the All-Star break, and his ERA has significantly risen to 3.26 from 1.92 since late June. Despite his struggles, Fried stated he is "not in any panic mode" and is motivated to improve, acknowledging he needs to be "way better" after finding himself giving up "crooked numbers" in innings.