Max Fried injury could force Yankees to swing trade for $116 million All-Star

The New York Yankees' starting rotation has been without Luis Gil and Gerrit Cole each season. An wounded to Max Fried should shed ray connected really important adding different starter is.

Carlos Rodón and Fried person been awesome for nan Yankees this season. However, aft them, location is not overmuch stableness successful nan rotation. While Gil will return this year, Cole is retired for nan remainder of nan play aft undergoing Tommy John surgery. Fried, Rodón and Gil are a good trio astatine nan apical of nan rotation. However, Fried near his past commencement early pinch a blister.

Fried said it was excessively early to show if his wounded would play a domiciled successful his capacity and readiness down nan line. However, nan Yankees are looking astatine Rodón arsenic nan champion limb successful their rotation for nan clip being if Fried misses games. His wounded should beryllium a wake-up telephone to nan squad to adhd immoderate security successful nan rotation.

The Yankees person Cam Schlittler, Marcus Stroman and Will Warren successful nan rotation. Stroman has really been good since his return, but Schlittler is simply a rookie and Warren is acold from consistent. The Yankees would beryllium successful problem successful nan postseason if they are without Gil, Rodón aliases Fried. FanSided's Jake Elman suggested nan Yankees waste and acquisition for Zac Gallen of nan Arizona Diamondbacks.

Gallen is going to beryllium a free supplier aft nan play and is not having a awesome year. However, his way grounds indicates that it is much of an outlier than a caller trend. He has a 5.40 ERA this year. However, successful nan past 3 seasons, he has a 3.12 ERA. He was an All-Star successful 2022 and is projected to motion a six-year, $116 cardinal woody successful free agency.

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The Diamondbacks are making him disposable successful waste and acquisition talks, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale. A alteration of scenery could do him immoderate good. At worst, he could beryllium nan Yankees' No. 4 starter for nan postseason. He would beryllium a coagulated rental limb and security successful lawsuit nan Yankees suffer immoderate much injuries successful nan starting rotation.

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