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Yankees LHP Max Fried (elbow) to return from IL to face Red Sox

By Thomson Reuters Aug 28, 2026 | 4:51 PM

By Field Level Media

Aug 28 (Field Level Media) – Left-handed pitcher Max Fried will return from the injured list ​to start one of Saturday’s ‌two games against the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Friday.

Lefty Carlos Rodon will start the other game, ‌though ​Boone has not decided ⁠who will start ⁠which game.

Fried, 32, has been out since Aug. 14 with a bone bruise in his left elbow that caused ​him to miss two months earlier this season.

He made five starts since ⁠his initial return from ⁠the IL on July 22 ​and allowed one run or fewer in ​four of them. He held the ‌Seattle Mariners to one run on five hits in five innings Aug. 13 in a hard-luck 1-0 loss.

Fried is ⁠4-4 with a 2.81 ERA over 15 starts with 79 strikeouts and 27 walks. The three-time ⁠All-Star ‌is in his second season ⁠with the Yankees and won ​an ‌MLB-best 19 games in 2025.

Fellow ​lefty Jake ⁠Bennett is scheduled to start the first game of the doubleheader for the Red Sox, while the starter for the second game has not yet been announced.

(–Field ​Level Media)