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Max Fried (elbow) to face hitters again on Sunday

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Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

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Max Fried (elbow) will face hitters in another live batting practice session on Sunday.

Fried progressed to facing hitters in a 30-pitch, two-inning session on Tuesday for the first time since hitting the injured list with a bone bruise in his elbow back in mid-May. The 32-year-old is trending towards being ready for rehab starts in early July and should make it back to New York’s rotation sometime after the All-Star break.

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Max Fried (elbow) will face hitters on Saturday in a live batting practice session at Double-A Somerset.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said last weekend that Fried would be cleared for a rehab start after facing hitters one final time. The 32-year-old fantasy ace is working his way back from a bone bruise in his elbow that put him on the injured list back in mid-May. It seems reasonable to anticipate Fried rejoining New York’s rotation mix sometime before the end of July.
Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried (elbow) is close to making a minor league rehab start.

Fried is slated to throw roughly 35 pitches during a live batting practice session later this weekend with Boone adding that he’ll do so again next week before potentially heading out for a minor league rehab start. The 32-year-old fantasy ace has been out with a bone bruise in his elbow since mid-May. It looks like he has a strong chance of returning to New York’s rotation sometime after the All-Star break.
Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

Max Fried (elbow) is scheduled to face hitters on Tuesday in a live batting practice session.

Fried is aiming for roughly 30 pitches over two innings during his latest throwing session. It’ll be his first time facing hitters since landing on the shelf with a bone bruise in his elbow back in mid-May. The 32-year-old figures to be ready to progress to a minor league rehab assignment at some point in early July with a return to New York’s rotation possible after the All-Star break.
Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

Max Fried (elbow) threw 28 pitches during a successful bullpen session on Friday.

Yankees’ pitching coach Matt Blake told reporters on Friday that Fried will face live hitters at some point within the next couple of weeks as he continues his progression. After that, he’s likely to require at least one minor league tune-up before he’s ready to rejoin the Yankees’ rotation. Fantasy managers should expect the 32-year-old southpaw back at some point around the All-Star break.
Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

Max Fried (elbow) is scheduled to throw another bullpen session this weekend.

Fried appears on track to progress to facing hitters at some point in the near future, which gives him a chance to make it back to New York’s rotation sometime around next month’s All-Star break. The 32-year-old fantasy ace has been out with a bone bruise in his elbow since mid-May.
Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

Max Fried (elbow) completed a bullpen session on Tuesday.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters the session went well, which is encouraging. The 32-year-old fantasy ace has been on the shelf with a bone bruise in his left elbow since mid-May. It’ll take a few weeks to ramp-up his throwing progression before he’s ready to return to New York’s rotation. It seems safe to assume that he won’t be back until around next month’s All-Star break since he’ll need at least a couple minor league rehab starts to knock off the rust.
Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

Max Fried (elbow) will throw off a mound on Saturday for the first time since landing on the injured list.

Yankees’ skipper Aaron Boone told reporters on Friday that Fried had recent imaging done that showed increased healing in his balky pitching elbow. It’s still going to be a slow progression for the 32-year-old southpaw as he ramps back up, but the fact that he’s getting on the mound again is obviously an encouraging sign.
Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried (elbow) would have new imaging on his elbow “later in the week.”

This is noteworthy because Fried was expected to get the follow-up imaging on Tuesday, but it apparently did not happen. The left-hander has been throwing from flat ground, but he will need more imaging before he can be cleared to ramp up his progression. Until that happens, there’s no way to put a timeline on his return from a left elbow bone bruise that he suffered on May 13th.
Max Fried

NYY Starting Pitcher #54

Max Fried (elbow) has been cleared to ramp up a throwing progression.

Fried remains limited to flat-ground throwing, but has been given the green light to start stretching out from a distance standpoint and should progress to a bullpen session in the near future. The 32-year-old fantasy ace remains without a definitive return timeline, but he’s probably going to be out through next month’s All-Star break given his current trajectory. He’s been on the injured list with a bone bruise in his left elbow since mid-May.
Max Fried

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Max Fried (elbow) played catch before Monday’s game against the Royals.

The good news is that Fried was able to throw. The bad news is that Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters prior to the game that Fried’s elbow underwent further imaging, and that nothing from those results suggested that Fried was ready to “ramp up” the program. It’ll likely be a good while before we see the 32-year-old southpaw back on the mound for the Bronx Bombers.

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Colt Emerson is not in Seattle’s starting lineup on Friday against the Rays.

Emerson is 3-for-22 in July, so we’d understand him getting a day to clear his head if that’s what this is. Buddy Kennedy will start at third base with J.P. Crawford at shortstop against RHP Nick Martinez.
- Rivers McCown

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Spencer Steer

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Spencer Steer is batting third and playing center field in Friday’s game against the Cubs.

Steer has not appeared in a game in center field in his major-league career. So this could be fun. The 28-year-old is hitting .240/.323/.421 this year while mostly batting in the top half of the Reds order over the past month or so. This is a stab at getting T.J. Friedl out of the lineup.
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Daylen Lile

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Daylen Lile is not in Washington’s starting lineup against the Yankees on Friday.

Lile has been slumping heavily since the middle of June, hitting .215/.244/.354 over this past 82 plate appearances with just two homers and one stolen base. Andrés Chaparro will bat sixth in Lile’s place against LHP Ryan Weathers.
- Rivers McCown

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Dillon Dingler (hand) remains out of the Tigers’ lineup for the second day in a row.

It wouldn’t be surprising if the Tigers took it easy on Dingler heading into the All-Star break, so we wouldn’t be stunned if he misses this weekend series. Jake Rogers is taking over at catcher and batting ninth against the Phillies tonight.
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ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports the Cardinals and JJ Wetherholt are in agreement on a long-term contract extension that will buy out multiple years of free agency.

Wetherholt has been an instant hit for the Cardinals, batting .267/.362/.411 with 13 homers and nine stolen bases as we near the end of the season’s first half. Passan doesn’t put a dollar figure on this, but notes it’s a “nine-figure deal.” Wetherholt should be a long-term building block for the Cardinals, as the former top prospect instantly took over as the Opening Day second baseman and never looked back. He’s currently 12th in FanGraphs’ WAR at 3.6.
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ESPN’s Alden González reports the Twins are acquiring RHP Tommy Nance from the Blue Jays for C/3B Ryan Sprock.
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Nance had a 1.99 ERA in 30 games pitched last year for the Jays and, despite missing time to injury this year, has a 3.82 ERA in 33 innings for the Jays in 2026. He’s ostensibly bullpen help for the Twins, though we can’t help but wonder if the Jays really think highly of him considering they’re also not far out of a playoff spot. Sprock, a 2025 eighth-round pick, has a .306/.436/.441 line for Single-A Fort Myers as a 21-year-old and was recently promoted to High-A Cedar Rapids.
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Brewers optioned LHP Drew Rom to Triple-A Nashville.

Rom holds a 3.18 ERA in 5 2/3 innings for the Brewers this year, striking out 11. He’s the active roster spot the Brewers needed for signing Bryse Wilson. The 26-year-old has pitched well in Triple-A as well, with a 2.51 ERA in 31 2/3 innings and 47 strikeouts, so he figures to be back in the bigs at some point.
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Brewers designated RHP Easton McGee for assignment.

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Nationals transferred RHP Jake Irvin (shoulder) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.

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Royals recalled RHP Eli Morgan from Triple-A Omaha.

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