DALLAS — The Yankees have been badly stung Sunday, shedding celebrity hitter Juan Soto to the crosstown Mets for that document, nearly unreal $765 million deal. The higher information is it took solely two days to rally big-time, signing Max Fried to the biggest free-agent contract for a left-hander ever.
Fried beat David Worth by $1 million to grow to be the highest lefty moneymaker. It wasn’t fairly like Soto blowing away the sphere together with his historic deal, but it surely’s a particularly good contract for Fried.
Higher nonetheless, it’s additionally an amazing bounce-back pickup for the Yankees, who now have top-of-the-line righty-lefty rotation mixtures in years, with Gerrit Cole on the prime and Fried simply beneath. They thought they’d that combo once they imported Carlos Rodon for $162 million. However Rodon continues to be adjusting to New York. The guess is it would go higher for Fried.
Whereas Fried doesn’t fairly make up for Soto, the Yankees are simply beginning the restoration course of.
