Pitcher Max Fried loses to Braves in salary arbitration
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Pitcher Max Fried misplaced to the Atlanta Braves in wage arbitration on Saturday, and can make $13.5 million within the upcoming season as an alternative of his $15 million request.
Mark Burstein, Fredric Horowitz and Jeanne Vonhof issued their determination a day after listening to arguments.
Fried gained a $6.85 million wage final yr in arbitration as an alternative of the workforce’s $6.6 million proposal.
He adopted former Atlanta teammate Dansby Swanson in going to a listening to in consecutive years. Swanson, a shortstop, misplaced in 2021 and gained final yr, then signed a $177 million, seven-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
The final participant to win hearings in consecutive years was pitcher Trevor Bauer in opposition to Cleveland in 2018 and 2019.
Fried, a 29-year-old left-hander, went 14-7 for the second straight season and lowered his ERA to 2.48 from 3.04 in 2021. Fried was a first-time All-Star final season, was second to Miami’s Sandy Alcantara in Cy Young Award voting and was third within the National League in ERA behind Alcantara and Julio Urías with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In 2021, Fried pitched six shutout innings in World Series Game 6 because the Braves gained their first title since 1995.
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