After losing out on the Juan Soto sweepstakes, the Red Sox reportedly pivoted quickly to one of the top pitchers on the free-agent market in Max Fried.
Unfortunately, so did the New York Yankees.
And just hours after Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, reported that Fried’s next destination was going to be “an AL East tug of war between the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays”, the southpaw chose New York.
According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Yankees signed Fried to an eight-year, $218 million contract on Tuesday evening.