A day after getting bounced, 7-0, by the Yankees in Tampa, the Braves turned around and delivered the same walloping unto the Blue Jays in North Port. Max Fried and Spencer Strider each breezed through two frames, and so did pretty much the rest of the pitching slate. Meanwhile, the bats knocked around some Jays pitching, with much of the damage coming from the regulars.
Fried struck out two in his first exhibition inning of 2023. He did allow two baserunners, including a fly ball double that wasn’t flagged down by Eddie Rosario in left to put men on second and third with one out, but then got a strikeout and a groundout to escape.