Once a young arm on an up-and-coming team, Max Fried is now one of baseball’s true aces, someone whose reputation as a big-game pitcher is acknowledged throughout the sport.
As the Braves begin the best-of-five National League Division Series versus the Phillies, there is no one they would rather start Game 1 than Fried, who will throw Atlanta’s first postseason pitch.
“He’s like one of the great ones, he’s never satisfied,” manager Brian Snitker said. “He’s always looking for an edge, always looking to improve on something. He just continues to study, to work, figure out a way.”
