{"id":5361,"date":"2024-11-07T01:57:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2024-11-07T01:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:57:49","slug":"braves-trade-top-free-agent-pitcher-joined-dodgers-stars-at-dinner-in-la-fueling-speculation-on-potential-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=5361","title":{"rendered":"BRAVES TRADE: Top Free Agent Pitcher Joined Dodgers Stars at Dinner in LA, Fueling Speculation on Potential Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Fried received a qualifying offer from the Atlanta Braves on Monday, but the veteran left-hander is now set to explore the more substantial offers expected in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>That could include the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>Fried was spotted having dinner with a handful of Dodgers on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Among the group was his high school teammate Jack Flaherty, first baseman Freddie Freeman, shortstop Miguel Rojas, reliever Daniel Hudson, second baseman Gavin Lux, right fielder Mookie Betts, and utility man Tommy Edman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theshooterofcelebrity\/video\/7433556616835910944\" data-video-id=\"7433556616835910944\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@theshooterofcelebrity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theshooterofcelebrity?refer=embed\">@theshooterofcelebrity<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Max Fried at The Nice Guy restaurant with dodgers team in Los Angeles <a title=\"sport\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sport?refer=embed\">#sport<\/a> <a title=\"braves\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/braves?refer=embed\">#braves<\/a> <a title=\"baseball\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/baseball?refer=embed\">#baseball<\/a> <a title=\"mbl\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/mbl?refer=embed\">#mbl<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c son original - The Shooter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/son-original-7433556667744242464?refer=embed\">\u266c son original &#8211; The Shooter<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Fried is listed as one of the top free agents by several baseball insiders. However, not many of them think that the Dodgers would be a potential suitor for the lefty.<\/p>\n<p>R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports lists the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets as potential landing spots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to print a complete list of left-handed starting pitchers with a better ERA+ than Fried since the beginning of the 2020 season, but we ran into a problem when we went to compile the names. You see, no sinister hurler who had a decent amount of innings (min. 200 combined) actually placed ahead of him in that metric,\u201d Anderson wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh well. Blame Fried\u2019s sustained excellence on his ability to manage contact. He ranked in the 95th percentile in average exit velocity last season, and he did it while generating nearly 60% ground balls for a second consecutive year. The biggest knock on Fried is his innings count, as he\u2019s cleared the 180 threshold just once in his career. Given the league\u2019s direction over the past decade, we\u2019re not inclined to think that\u2019ll hurt him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fried was a cornerstone of the Braves\u2019 massive rebuild, which set them up for six consecutive National League East titles from 2018 to 2023 and a seventh straight postseason run last year. He made his debut for Atlanta in Aug. 2017 and recorded a career-high 17 wins in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Fried has become one of the game\u2019s top arms. He finished fifth in Cy Young voting in 2020 and climbed to second in 2022. Now a two-time All-Star, Fried has posted a strong 2.80 ERA across 73 starts in the past three seasons. His track record of success has positioned him as one of the premier pitchers on the free-agent market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top free-agent pitcher spotted dining with Dodgers stars in LA, fueling speculation about a potential signing this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BRAVES TRADE: Top Free Agent Pitcher Joined Dodgers Stars at Dinner in LA, Fueling Speculation on Potential Signing - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=5361\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BRAVES TRADE: Top Free Agent Pitcher Joined Dodgers Stars at Dinner in LA, Fueling Speculation on Potential Signing - 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