There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Fried's cutter leaves the bat at 88.7 mph, against 79.4 off his sweeper.
205 and 90 of them thrown.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Fried projects a .272 average, 89th percentile.
917 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 61st in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .336 expected average against them, against .248 on his breaking balls.
126 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
54.4% of the balls put in play against Fried have gone to centre field.
92 of 169 located batted balls allowed.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Fried is weak: 85.4 mph off the bat on average, 86th percentile.
917 pitches in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 74th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 31% of the contact Fried gives up is hit hard, 85th percentile.
917 pitches in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 84th in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
24% of the contact against Fried with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 32.2% with the bases empty.
145 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 772 with the bases empty.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
50.3% of the contact against Fried is on the ground and 33.9% of it is in the air.
165 tracked batted balls allowed.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Fried averages 88.0 mph across his arsenal, 26th percentile in the league.
917 pitches in 2026. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 400th in MLB.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .267 average against Fried and left-handers to .287.
709 pitches to right-handed hitters, 208 to left-handed hitters.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Fried's cutter leaves the bat at 88.7 mph, against 79.4 off his sweeper.
205 and 90 of them thrown.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Fried projects a .272 average, 89th percentile.
917 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 61st in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Fried is weak: 85.4 mph off the bat on average, 86th percentile.
917 pitches in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 74th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 31% of the contact Fried gives up is hit hard, 85th percentile.
917 pitches in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 84th in MLB.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .336 expected average against them, against .248 on his breaking balls.
126 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
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Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
54.4% of the balls put in play against Fried have gone to centre field.
92 of 169 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
50.3% of the contact against Fried is on the ground and 33.9% of it is in the air.
165 tracked batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
24% of the contact against Fried with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 32.2% with the bases empty.
145 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 772 with the bases empty.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Fried averages 88.0 mph across his arsenal, 26th percentile in the league.
917 pitches in 2026. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 400th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .267 average against Fried and left-handers to .287.
709 pitches to right-handed hitters, 208 to left-handed hitters.
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