Contrasts In Starting Pitching Between The Yankees And Orioles Are On Full Display
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New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried throws to home plate during the first inning of a … More baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, April 20, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. In the offseason, the New York Yankees were perceived as possessing more than enough starting pitching after signing Max Fried to an eight-year, $218 million deal in December. The grand plan was Fried would slot in between ace Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon, coming off a vastly improved second season with the Yankees by winning a career-high 16 games. A few weeks later, the Baltimore Orioles learned they would not be able to retain Corbin Burnes after acquiring him in a trade from the Milwaukee Brewers the previous offseason. Burnes lived up to his end by winning 15 games for a team who finished three games behind the Yankees but wound up going to the Arizona Diamondbacks on a six-year deal for $210 million that contains an opt-out after the second season. It was recently revealed in USA Today the Orioles’ effort to retain Burnes was somewhat half-hearted compared to Arizona. He disclosed the Orioles offered him four years, $180 million, making the admission in an interesting story about free agency and the perspective of going through the process. Burnes made the comment about a month after Cole underwent Tommy John surgery on his elbow, a year after the 2023 AL Cy Young winner missed the first 75 games with an elbow injury. The Yankees survived decently without Cole for the first two-plus months of last season when they won 45 of their first 64. This time the Yankees are experiencing mixed results in surviving Cole’s absence, but it is getting better about a week…
