Yankees Pull Max Fried After 3 Innings With Elbow Soreness

15 articles · Updated · ESPN · May 13

Max Fried exited Wednesday's start in Baltimore after three innings with soreness in his pitching elbow and is set to be examined Thursday by team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad in New York.
The 32-year-old left-hander went straight down the tunnel after allowing two runs in the third; he finished with three runs and five hits allowed before Paul Blackburn began warming in the fourth.
Fried entered with a 3.21 ERA in 10 starts and had also been hit hard in his previous outing at Milwaukee, where he gave up five runs in six innings.
New York still has rotation cover: Carlos Rodon returned last weekend, and Gerrit Cole is nearing his comeback after five rehab starts, though Luis Gil recently went on the injured list with shoulder inflammation.

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