After an injury-plagued 2023 season, pitcher Max Fried is healthy as he starts his eighth spring training with the Atlanta Braves.
Despite dealing with an oblique injury that kept him sidelined for a large chunk of the Braves' season, Fried showed off his usual dominant stuff when healthy.
Braves third baseman Austin Riley is a big believer in Fried's stuff, per Mark Bowman of MLB.com:
“I think he could win [a Cy Young Award] at some point,” third baseman Austin Riley said. “It’s definitely in there. He just needs to keep doing what he’s doing.