NEW YORK – Max Fried pitched three innings of two-run ball for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre against Worcester on Friday night in his first Minor League rehab start of the season.
Fried allowed five hits (including one homer), struck out three and walked none. He threw 52 pitches, 32 for strikes.
The left-hander had not pitched since May 13 due to a bone bruise in his pitching elbow, which he said had been present for numerous starts this year.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the 32-year-old left-hander is expected to make at least two Minor League starts.
“He will go again in five days [on Wednesday] and ramp up from there,” Boone said. “We’ll see at that point if we take him or if he’s ready to come back. We’ll have those conversations. But obviously tonight is another important step for him.”
Fried is in his second year with the Yankees, having pitched to a 4-3 record and 3.21 ERA in 10 starts this season.
The three-time All-Star signed an eight-year, $218 million contract ahead of the 2025 campaign, when he won a Major League-leading 19 games while posting a 2.86 ERA in 32 starts.
Fried’s rehab start came after imaging taken on captain Aaron Judge showed signs of healing of his fractured right rib.
In other injury updates, Boone said Carlos Rodón (left elbow inflammation) threw 10 pitches from a mound on Thursday, while Giancarlo Stanton (right calf strain) has resumed outdoor running. Clarke Schmidt (rehab from Tommy John surgery) is scheduled to face hitters for the first time Saturday.