NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their nine-game road trip tonight with the first game of a three-game set at Atlanta (through Wed.)…are 2-4 on the road trip so far after losing two-of-three at Chicago-AL and Miami. Are in a stretch of playing 19-of-25 games on the road (8/7-9/3)…are 2-4 so far.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Marlins in an 8-7 “walk-off” loss on Sunday…RHP Gerrit Cole (6.0IP, 6H, 2ER, 2BB, 6K) started and allowed just 2ER in 6.0IP in a no-decision…3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa (1-for-4, 1RBI, 1SB) hit an RBI single in the second inning…DH Giancarlo Stanton (1-for-4, 1R, 1 double, 1RBI, 1BB) hit an RBI double in the third inning…SS Anthony Volpe (1-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 2RBI) hit a two-run HR in the fourth inning…C Ben Rortvedt (1-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI) hit his first HR as a Yankee with a solo shot in the sixth…RF Aaron Judge (0- for-3, 1R, 2BB), CF Harrison Bader (1-for-3, 1R, 1BB, 1SB), LF Billy McKinney (1-for-3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB) and 2B Gleyber Torres (0-for-3, 1R, 1BB, 1HP, 3SB) each reached base multiple times… RHP Clay Holmes (0.1IP, 3H, 5R/4ER, 1BB, 1K) took the loss after
allowing 5R/4ER in the ninth…RHP Tommy Kahnle (0.0IP, 1H, 1BB) allowed a “walk-off” single to Jake Burger in the ninth.
DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader is batting .355/.412/.387 (11-for-31) with 6R, 1 double, 3RBI, 3BB and 3SB in his last eight games (since 8/5).
Has reached base multiple times in five of his last seven games (since 8/6).
Is batting .324 (22-for-68) with 14R, 4 doubles, 5RBI, 5BB, 1SF and 6SB in his last 20 games (since 7/22).
Has hit .385/.421/.808 (20-for-52) with 6 doubles, 2 triples, 4HR, 3BB and 1HP against left-handed pitchers this year.
WALK IT OUT: Yankees batters have recorded at least 6BB in six of their last seven games (since 8/6), walking 46 times in that span… their 46BB are their most in a seven-game span since 8/18(G1)- 23/06 when they recorded 48BB in a seven-game stretch.
Their 119BB since the All-Star break are the most in the AL and the second-most in the Majors, trailing only the Los Angeles Dodgers (124BB)…also rank fifth in the AL in OBP (.327) in that span.
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres owns a 12-game on-base streak (since 8/1)…is batting .391/.481/.609 (18-for-46) with 8R, 4 doubles, 2HR, 5RBI, 7BB, 1HP and 4SB over that span…marks his fifth on-base streak of at least 12 games this season (15G from 7/6-26, 14G from 5/18-6/2, 13G from 6/8(G1)- 22 and 12G from 5/5-16).
Has reached base multiple times in eight of his last 11 games (since 8/2).
Has reached base in 26 of his last 51 PA (18H, 7BB, 1HP).
Has hit safely in 27 of his last 31 games (since 7/6), hitting .331/.377/.508 (41-for-124) with 18R, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 5HR, 13RBI, 10BB, 1HP, 3SF and 5SB in that span…ranks fourth in the AL in batting average over that span (min. 100PA).
Has reached base in 37 of his last 42 games (since 6/24) and 50 of his last 56 games (since 6/8-G1).
TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT: The Yankees are 10-4 in their last 14 games vs. left-handed starters (since 5/8/23).
Since 7/26, Yankees batters are hitting .349/.385/.578 (38-for-109) with 4 doubles, 7HR and 7BB off left-handed pitchers.
ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge has hit .316/.536/.684 (6-for19) with 5R, 1 double, 2HR, 2RBI and 9BB in six games on the current road trip…has reached base in 15-of-28 PA over that span…has reached base multiple times in six of his last seven games (since 8/6), reaching base in 17-of-34 plate appearances over that stretch (6H, 11BB, .500 OBP).
Has reached base safely in 55 of his 64 games this season, batting .281/.415/.629 (62-for-221) with 50R, 11 doubles, 22HR, 45RBI, 53BB, 3SB and a 1.044 OPS.
Has hit .364/.504/.869 (36-for-99) with 27R, 8 doubles, 14HR, 26RBI, 29BB, 1SF and 2SB in 29 road games this year…has reached base safely in 27 of those 29 games…has 12HR in his last 19 road games (since 5/15).
Has reached base safely in 32 of his last 35 games (since 5/12)…is batting .297/.465/.746 (35-for-118) with 29R, 5 doubles, 16HR, 29RBI, 37BB and 1SB in that span.
Has reached base multiple times in 33 of his 64 games this year, including 22 of his last 37 games (since 5/10).
Has 11BB in his last seven games, 23BB in his last 20 games (since 5/29), 35BB in his last 32 games (since 5/15) and 40BB in his last 40 games (since 4/26).
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: INF Anthony Volpe hit a two-run HR in the fourth inning on Sunday…has 2HR and 5RBI in his last three games…his 16HR this season are the fourth-most among AL rookies and the seventh-most among Major League rookies, trailing only Texas’ Josh Jung (22HR), Arizona’s Corbin Carroll (21HR), New York-NL’s Francisco Alvarez (21HR), Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson (19HR), Boston’s Triston Casas (19HR) and Cincinnati’s Spencer Steer (18HR)…his 16HR are the most by a Yankees rookie since 2018 (Miguel Andújar27HR; Gleyber Torres-24HR).
His 16HR are the most by a Yankees shortstop (min. 50% games at SS) since 2019 when Didi Gregorius hit 16HR and Gleyber Torres hit 38HR (77G at SS/65G at 2B).
Is one of eight Major League players this season to hit at least 16HR and record at least 20SB, joining Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. (26HR/55SB), Houston’s Kyle Tucker (22HR/24SB), Arizona’s Corbin Carroll (21HR/36SB) Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. (21HR/34SB), Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez (19HR/27SB), Tampa Bay’s Wander Franco (17HR/30SB) and Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich (16HR/25SB)…joins Carroll as the only rookies of the group to do so.
Is just the second Yankees shortstop in franchise history (sixth time) to hit at least 16HR and record at least 20SB in a season, joining Derek Jeter (five times: 1998, ’01, ’02, ’04 and ’09)…is the first Yankees rookie to record at least 16HR and 20SB since Alfonso Soriano recorded 18HR and 43SB in 2001.
According to Sports Info Solutions, his 11 defensive runs saved this season are tied for third among Major League shortstops, trailing only Tampa Bay’s Wander Franco (15DRS) and Chicago-NL’s Dansby Swanson (12DRS)… has made just three errors in his last 60 games that he has appeared defensively (since 5/31) after making seven errors in his first 56 games (3/30-5/30).
FAST AND FURIOUS: Yankees baserunners recorded a season-high 5SB on Sunday at Miami…marked just their second game with at least 5SB in the last 10 seasons since 2014 (also 5SB on 4/25/19 at Los Angeles-AL).
Have 12SB in their last 11 games (since 8/2).
For the second straight season, the Yankees have at least four players with at least 10SB: INF Anthony Volpe (20SB), OF Harrison Bader (14SB), INF Gleyber Torres (12SB) and INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa (10SB)…prior to last season, the Yankees had not accomplished the feat since 2014 (Jacoby Ellsbury/Brett Gardner/Derek Jeter/Ichiro Suzuki).
INF Gleyber Torres recorded a career-high 3SB on Sunday… marked the second 3SB game by a Yankee this season (also Volpe on 4/15 vs. Minnesota)…prior to this year, a Yankee had not accomplished the feat since 2012 (Ichiro Suzuki’s 4SB in Game 2 on 9/19/12 vs. Toronto and Eduardo Núñez’s 3SB on 9/16/12 vs. Tampa Bay).
SCHMIDT’S CREEK: RHP Clarke Schmidt will make his 25th appearance (24th start) of the season tonight at Atlanta… has gone 7-2 with a 3.12 ERA (75.0IP, 26ER) over his last 15 appearances (14 starts) since 5/19…owns the eighth-lowest ERA in the AL in that span (min. 70.0IP).
Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in each of his last 14 starts (since 5/19), 16 of his last 17 starts (since 5/3) and 17 of his last 19 starts (since 4/23).
His 19 starts with 3R-or-fewer allowed are tied for the third-most such starts in the AL and tied for the fourth-most such starts in the Majors this season, trailing only Minnesota’s Sonny Gray (22), teammate Gerrit Cole (21) and San Diego’s Blake Snell (21).
His current 14-start streak of 3R-or-fewer allowed is the third-longest such streak in the Majors this season, trailing only Minnesota’s Sonny Gray’s 17-start streak from 4/1-7/2 and San Diego’s Blake Snell’s current 15-start streak since 5/25.
Is undefeated in his last 10 starts (since 6/11), going 6-0 with a 3.42 ERA (52.2IP, 20ER) in that span.
The Yankees are 7-0 in his last seven starts (since 6/29).
COLE TRAIN: RHP Gerrit Cole allowed just 2ER in 6.0IP on Sunday…has allowed 2R-or-fewer in 19 of his 25 starts this season, the most such starts in the Majors…his 2.76 ERA this season is the second-lowest ERA in the American League and the third-lowest in the Majors, trailing only San Diego’s Blake Snell (2.63) and Texas’ Nathan Eovaldi (2.69).
HAWAIIAN PUNCH: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit an RBI single in the second inning on Sunday, marking his 200th career RBI…as a Yankee (since 2022), has hit .327 (55-for-168) with 7 doubles, 1HR, 68RBI, 13BB, 1HP and 8SF with RISP.
Has reached base safely in 16 of his last 17 starts (since 7/16)
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP CLARKE SCHMIDT (8-6, 4.23 ERA)
RHP Clarke Schmidt will make his 25th appearance (24th start) of the season in tonight’s series opener at Atlanta…the 27-year-old will make the start on extended
five days’ rest due to Thursday’s team off day…last pitched on Tuesday at Chicago-AL and earned the win after allowing just 1ER over 5.1IP (4H, 1BB, 7K, 1HR,
1HP)…has allowed 3R-or-fewer in each of his last 14 starts (since 5/19), 16 of his last 17 starts (since 5/3) and 17 of his last 19 starts (since 4/23)…his 19 starts with 3R-or-fewer allowed are tied for the third-most such starts in the AL and tied for the fourth-most such starts in the Majors this season…his current 14-start streak of 3R-or-fewer allowed is the third-longest such streak in the Majors this season, trailing only San Diego’s Blake Snell’s 15-start streak (5/25-present) and Minnesota’s Sonny Gray’s 17-start streak (4/1-7/2)…is undefeated in his last 10 starts (since 6/11), going 6-0 with a 3.42 ERA (52.2IP, 20ER) in that span…has tossed at least 5.0 innings in 13 of his last 14 starts and 16 of his last 19 starts after not doing so in his first four starts this season…made his second career Opening Day roster in 2023 (also 2022)…in 2022, went 5-5 with two saves and a 3.12 ERA (57.2IP, 46H, 23R/20ER, 23BB, 56K, 5HR) in 29 appearances (three starts) over four stints with the Yankees…in three starts, went 0-2 with a 4.63 ERA (11.2IP, 13H, 6ER, 2BB, 14K, 0HR)…as a reliever, went 5-3 with two saves and a 2.74 ERA (46.0IP, 33H, 17R/14ER, 21BB, 42K, 5HR) in 26 games…tossed at least 2.0 innings in 13 of his relief appearances and at least 3.0 innings in five of those relief appearances… was selected by the Yankees in the first round (16th overall) of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of South Carolina.
LAST TIME OUT: Last pitched on Tuesday at Chicago-AL and earned his eighth win of the season after allowing just 1ER over 5.1IP (4H, 1BB, 7K, 1HR, 1HP)…allowed
his only run on a solo HR to Luis Robert Jr. in the fourth inning.
Marked his fifth start this season with at least 5.0IP and 1R-or-fewer allowed.
Marked his 14th consecutive start with 3R-or-fewer allowed, the third-longest such streak in the Majors this season, trailing only San Diego’s Blake Snell’s 15-start streak (5/25-present) and Minnesota’s Sonny Gray’s 17-start streak (4/1-7/2).
ON A ROLL: Is 8-3 with a 3.50 ERA (90.0IP, 35ER) and 78K over his last 18 appearances (17 starts) since 5/3 after going 0-3 with a 6.84 ERA (25.0IP, 19ER) and 32K in his first six starts of the season.
Over his last 15 appearances (14 starts) since 5/19, is 7-2 with a 3.12 ERA (75.0IP, 26ER) and 62K…his 3.12 ERA ranks seventh in the AL during that span (min. 75.0IP).
Has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in nine of his last 14 starts and 1ER-or-fewer in five of those starts.
Has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in each of his last 14 starts, 16 of his last 17 starts (since 5/3) and 17 of his last 19 starts (since 4/23).
VS. ATLANTA/INTERLEAGUE: Will be making his first career appearance vs. the Braves…in four Interleague appearances (three starts) this season, has gone 2-0 with a 4.20 ERA (15.0IP, 7ER) and 20K.
Has gone 3-1 with a 4.11 ERA (30.2IP, 14ER) and 30K in nine career Interleague games (five starts).
Has made three career appearances (two starts) vs. NL East opponents, going 1-1 with a 3.97 ERA (11.1IP, 5ER) and 6K in those games. ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Is 5-1 with a 4.56 ERA (49.1IP, 25ER) and 50K in 10 starts on the road this season…has recorded the win in each of his last four road starts (since 6/29)…marks his longest such streak of his career.
Has made 29 appearances (13 starts) in his career on the road, going 8-5 with one save and a 4.28 ERA (88.1IP, 91H, 47R/42ER, 34BB, 89K, 8HR). 2023: Has made 24 appearances (23 starts) this season, going 8-6 with a 4.23 ERA (115.0IP, 117H, 60R/54ER, 31BB, 110K, 17HR)…has gone 7-2 with a 3.12 ERA (75.0IP, 26ER) and 62K over his last 15 appearances (14 starts) since 5/19…his 3.12 ERA ranks seventh in the AL during that span (min. 75.0IP).
His 19 starts with 3R-or-fewer allowed are tied for the third-most such starts in the AL and tied for the fourth-most such starts in the Majors this season.
His current 14-start streak of 3R-or-fewer allowed is the third-longest such streak in the Majors this season, trailing only San Diego’s Blake Snell’s 15-start streak (5/25-present) and Minnesota’s Sonny Gray’s 17-start streak (4/1-7/2)
Is undefeated in his last 10 starts (since 6/11), going 6-0 with a 3.42 ERA (52.2IP, 20ER) in that span.
Has tossed at least 5.0 innings in 13 of his last 14 starts and 16 of his last 19 starts after not doing so in his first four starts this season.
Made his first relief appearance on 7/9 vs. Chicago-NL (0.2IP, 1K)…marked his first relief appearance since 10/4/22-G2 at Texas.
Tossed a career-high-tying 6.0IP on 5/9 vs. Oakland, 6/6 vs. Chicago-AL and 7/15 at Colorado.
Did not allow a HR in four straight starts from 5/14-31, marking the longest homerless stretch of his career as a starter (previous: three straight starts from 6/16-9/3/22)…has surrendered just 7HR over his last 13 starts (since 5/3) after allowing at least 1HR in five of his first six starts of the season (7HR total).
In his eighth start of the season on 5/9 vs. Oakland, earned his first win of the season after allowing just 2ER over a career-high-tying 6.0IP (5H, 2BB, 7K, 1HR, 1WP)…marked his first career win as a starter…reached 100.0 career innings in the first inning.
Struck out Ezequiel Duran (swinging) in the fifth inning on 4/28 at Texas for his 100th career strikeout.
Recorded a career-high-tying 8K on 4/23 vs. Toronto, 4/28 at Texas and 7/15 at Colorado.
FOR STARTERS: Will be making his 29th career start…over his first 28 career Major League starts (23 in 2023, three in ’22, one in ’21, one in ’20), is 8-9 with a 4.35 ERA (134.1IP, 141H, 74R/65ER, 38BB,129K, 18HR)…has tossed at least 5.0IP in 13 of his last 14 starts and 16 of his last 19 starts after not doing so in his first nine career starts.
Is 8-6 with a 4.25 ERA (114.1IP, 54ER) and 109K in 23 starts in 2023…tossed a career-high-tying 6.0IP on 5/9 vs. Oakland, 6/6 vs. Chicago-AL and 7/15 at Colorado…recorded a career-high-tying 8K on 4/23 vs. Toronto, 4/28 at Texas and 7/15 at Colorado.
ATLANTA BRAVES NOTES:
Twenty Homers
Sean Murphy drove a 2-0 pitch out to left-center in last night’s seventh inning, his career-most 20th home run of the season. Murphy became the sixth Brave this season to reach the 20-homer mark, joining Matt Olson (42), Ozzie Albies (28), Austin Riley (28), Ronald Acuña Jr. (26) and Marcell Ozuna (23). Atlanta is the only team in baseball with six such players this season, and the six tie a single-season franchise record for the most such players. The 1965 Milwaukee Braves first had six 20-homer players, before the 2003 club matched them. Eddie Rosario has 16 homers this season for Atlanta and is on pace for 22.
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Braves and Yankees tonight open a three-game series in what are the only scheduled meetings between the teams this season…The two are playing for the first time since the 2021 season.
- Atlanta went 1-3 in four games between the teams in 2021, and the Braves have not won the season set with New York since 2001…In the seven seasons they have played since then, starting in 2006, Atlanta is 8-18 (.308) against New York and has gone 0-6-1 in season sets.
- The Braves are just 16-26 (.381) all-time against New York since the advent of interleague play in 1997, their worst record against any A.L. team in that span (min. 15 games – Atlanta is 4-9, .308, against Houston since the Astros changed leagues)…The Braves and Yankees have met four times in the World Series, with Atlanta going 1-3 in these sets…The Milwaukee Braves won the title in 1957, before the Yankees won in 1958, 1996 and 1999.
- Atlanta is 2-2 versus New York here at Truist Park, sweeping two games in 2020 before being swept in two in 2021…The Braves are just 4-14 (.222) all-time against the Yankees in the city of Atlanta, and have just one series win here all-time.
- LH Max Fried is set to make his second career start against the Yankees, and earned the win with 6.0 innings of four-hit, one-run baseball in his first appearance, August 26, 2020…The 6-foot-4, 190-pound left-hander is set for his eighth start of the season for Atlanta, and has gone 3-1 with a 2.50 ERA (10 ER/36.0 IP) over his first seven turns.
- RH Clarke Schmidt has never started against Atlanta, and has pitched against just two members of the Braves current roster…Kevin Pillar and Nicky Lopez are a combined 0-for-3 against him… The 6-foot-1, 200-pound native of Acworth, GA, attended Allatoona High School, located just 23 miles from Truist Park.
LOSS: Atlanta rallied with three late-inning runs but fell short in Queens last night, losing to New York, 7-6…The loss capped off a 6-5 road trip for the Braves.
- Atlanta is 38-22 (.633) on the road this season, the best record away from him in baseball…Just one other team, Baltimore at 37-22 (.627), has a winning percentage above .600 on the road.
- Matt Olson and Sean Murphy each homered for the Braves last night, and Atlanta fell to 47-13 (.783) when hitting multiple homers this season… That is the best record in the National League, and behind just the Rays (39-10, .796) in the majors.
- Olson’s homer extended his major league-high total to 43, and his major league-best RBI total to 107.
- The loss snapped Atlanta’s eight-game winning streak in games inside the division, their first such defeat since June 11 vs. Washington…The Braves are 25-7 (.781) against the NL East this year
FRIED AT HOME: LH Max Fried is set to make just his third start of the season here at Truist Park, and his first since facing the Orioles on May 5…Fried was placed on the injured list following that start and missed 73 games with a strained left forearm, returning with a pair of starts on the Braves’ last road trip.
- Fried is 28-12 with a 2.87 ERA (109 ER/342.1 IP) in 64 games and 58 starts here at Truist Park since the stadium opened in 2017, and no other pitcher has more starts, wins, innings pitched or strikeouts (321) in this building.
- Since moving into the rotation full time in 2019, Fried’s 2.84 ERA at Truist Park is fifth best by a pitcher in his home park in baseball (min. 300 IP), behind just Chris Bassitt (2.60), Max Scherzer (2.69), Zac Gallen (2.75) and Logan Webb (2.76).
RUNS: Atlanta scored six runs in last night’s loss, the 59th time this season the Braves have scored at least six runs in a game…Atlanta has scored six-or-more runs in 50.4% of its games this season.
- That is the most such games in baseball this year, three more than the Dodgers…The Rangers (52) and Rays (50) are the only other teams to score six-plus runs 50 times this season.
- Last night’s loss was just the sixth of the season for Atlanta when scoring at least six runs, and the Braves are 53-6 (.898) in such games…That is the third-best winning percentage in baseball behind just the Rays (45-5, .900) and Marlins (27-3, .900).
- The Braves’ 684 runs this season are the most in baseball, 12 more than the second-place Rangers (672)…Texas has played one more game than Atlanta this season.
- Atlanta is on pace to score 947 runs this season, which would stand as a single-season franchise record for the modern era (since 1900)…The 2003 Braves hold the current mark with 907 runs…The 1894 Boston Beaneaters scored the most runs in a single season for the franchise, crossing the plate 1,220 times.
FIRST INNING: Three of Atlanta’s six runs scored in last night’s first inning, all on a bases-clearing double from Marcell Ozuna…The Braves’ 116 first-inning runs on the season are by far the most in the majors, 27 more than the second-place Dodgers (89).
- Per MLB’s Sarah Langs, Atlanta’s 116 runs and 163 hits in the first inning are the most by any team in any inning this season…The Braves’ +70 run differential in the first is also the largest in an inning in baseball this year.
- Atlanta is on pace to score 160 first-inning runs this season, which would tie the major-league, modern-era record for first-inning runs set by Boston in
1950…The National League record is 147 runs in the frame, set by the Cardinals in 2000, and the franchise record is 127 runs done in 1999. - The Braves are batting .333/.390/.612 with a 1.002 OPS in the first inning.
Tonight’s Starting Pitcher – #54 Max Fried LHP
2023 Record: 3-1, 2.50 ERA • 2022 Record: 14-7, 2.48 ERA
vs. RHB: .236 (25-106), 1 HR • vs. LHB: .222 (6-27), 1 HR
Home: 0-1, 3.55 ERA (5/12.2) • Away: 3-0, 1.93 ERA (4/23.1)
Today’s Game
- Set to make his first start against New York (AL) this season and eighth on the year.
- Was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on August 4 and made a start against Chicago (NL) after missing 70 games, 90 days between appearances.
- Spun 6.0 scoreless innings of three-hit ball with eight strikeouts that day.
- Landed on the 60-day IL on May 9 (retro May 6) with a strained left forearm.
- Fried went 0-2 with a 3.75 ERA with 13 strikeouts in four rehabalitation appearances.
- Made three starts with Triple-A Gwinnett and one with High-A Rome.
- Became just the fifth pitcher since 1901 to only allow one run through March and April with at least four games started.
- Joined Hall-of-Famer Walter Johnson, Roger Clemens, Fernando Valenzuela and Minnesota’s Pablo López as the only other pitchers to do so (since 1901).
- Went 6.0 innings, allowing eight hits, seven runs, five earned, two walks and seven strikeouts in his last start on May 5 against Baltimore.
- His 55 wins since the beginning of the 2019 season are the most in the National League, and tied most by any left-hander in baseball.
- Only one pitcher, the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole, has more wins than Fried since the start of 2019…Cole has 66 wins.
- Additionally, the Braves have 75 wins in games started by Fried since the beginning of 2019, the most such wins by a pitcher in the National League… Only Cole and José Berríos have more, whose teams have won 87 and 79 of their starts, have more in the majors.
- Teammate Charlie Morton’s teams has 74 wins during that span. 2023 Recap
- Fried picked off his first baserunner of the season as he caught OF Jake Myers attempting to steal second base in the top of the third inning on April 17.
- Since the beginning of the 2017 season, Fried’s 24 pickoffs are the most in baseball.
- Fried was placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained left hamstring on March 30 and activated from the IL on April 17.
- Made his third career Opening Day start after he also started the opener in each of the last two seasons.
- Fried was the first Braves lefty to make consecutive Opening Day starts since Hall-of-Famer Warren Spahn started six straight, 1957-1962.
- Prior to Fried, the last Braves lefty to start Opening Day was Tom Glavine in 2002.
