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Stephanie Apstein

Yankees Ready to Arm Max Fried in His Relentless Pursuit of Improvement

Fried was introduced by the Yankees Wednesday after agreeing to an eight-year, $218 million deal. | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images

Most of the time, when professional sports teams offer you north of $200 million, they try to get you to take it by telling you how great they think you are. The New York Yankees got lefty Max Fried in part because they did the opposite. 

“I’m someone that is always looking for a way to get better,” he said on Wednesday in his introductory media session. “In our meeting, they expressed they felt like they had some ideas, and I’m all ears.”

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