Let's talk about Max Fried

[Benjamin Grimm]

This Max, who's younger that Scherzer, will turn 31 in January. He's been pretty durable. His 2023 season was abbreviated by a forearm injury, so he only pitched 77.2 innings, but he had 165.2 in 2019, 56 in the 60-game 2020 season, and 165.2, 185.1, and 174.1, respectively, in 2021, 2022, and 2024.



FanGraphs projects he would get a contract of five-years and between $125 and $140 million.

[metirish]

Seems a reasonable contract to me , curious to see if the Braves are in or happy to see him go

[Centerfield]

I'd be down.

[The Hot Corner]

I think Fried should definitely be on the Mets list of potential staring pitchers to add to the rotation.

[smg58]

I think $25M per year is as much value as you can get from him, although Cohen might not care. And that's assuming things don't go pear-shaped at some point, which is always a risky bet for a pitcher. I wouldn't go above 4 and 90, and if that's not good enough I'm OK with shopping for value on the pitching side of things.

[ashie62]

Get him, now

[Centerfield]

MLB trade rumors estimates him at 6 years, $156M.



Very good pitcher when healthy but has had forearm issues the past two years. So you want to make sure on those medicals



Skinny guy. I feel like they generally don't hold up as well.

[Edgy MD]

I need a nap, but I keep re-reading the headline of this thread and seeing, "Let's talk about Mass Fraud."

[The Hot Corner]

Edgy MD wrote: I need a nap, but I keep re-reading the headline of this thread and seeing, "Let's talk about Mass Fraud."

You are confusing this with the election threads. The country just elected a mass fraud.

[Centerfield]

MLB Trade Rumos predicts this contract at 6 years, $156M ($26M/year). None of the writers predicted he'd sign with the Mets.



He'll be 31 at the start of the 2025 season. Like I mentioned before, he's skinny and has had forearm issues.



I can see the Burnes market going to a level where Stearns is not comfortable. Snell is a year older, and doesn't pitch deep into games. So if I had to guess, I would say Fried is the guy we're most likely to get of the top 3.