Can Max Fried Prove His Worth in Crucial Game Tonight?

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00:00Now, I have to ask you, I already said on this show today that I don't believe Max has

00:10been the Max Fried that everyone knows.

00:13I think, you know, a few years ago, he was way better than he is now.

00:17I think he's not dominant.

00:19And I just think that his numbers reflect that.

00:23And I'm surprised, you know, people are like, oh, they got, you know, Snickers said we got

00:27the best pitcher going and tonight we just need to win one game.

00:31The guy, Musgrove's favorite over him.

00:34He's like, mine is about 18, mine is about 20, whatever it is.

00:37And that team is for real that you're playing.

00:39Like they barely had to try last night and they beat you 4-0.

00:43This guy's a tough customer tonight.

00:45Do you think Fried can step up and win this game or is it going to be another average

00:48performance by him?

00:50Yeah.

00:51So, he's got a 671 percentage going into his first free agency year.

00:55And what he needs is two GMs, two.

00:59He'd like five, but he needs two GMs not to think the way that you think.

01:02That at 30, now moving forward, he's not worth X amount of money, Rodon money and maybe a

01:07little bit more.

01:08Because he's been a better pitcher for his career than Carlos Rodon who got $160 million.

01:13That should be the starting point.

01:15Don't have a good outing tonight.

01:16I don't know how much it changes his money, but it certainly is going to change a little

01:20bit of the narrative.

01:21I can tell you, he threw last Friday against Kansas City who needed to win.

01:26Eight two-thirds, nine punch-outs, two walks, no runs.

01:29It was phenomenal.

01:30It was ace stuff.

01:33And I keep telling everybody that night, we were doing a pregame and then again tonight

01:36when I do the pregame, he can't look like an ace.

01:39He actually has to be an ace.

01:41Because that line by San Diego's favorite, that's the Braves offense.

01:46Everybody has picked up on what the Braves offense isn't.

01:48They're terrible with runners in scoring position, atrocious.

01:51They still were fourth in Major League Baseball on home runs.

01:54As a guy who watched every game, I can tell you it didn't feel anywhere close to that.

01:58Because man on third, less than two outs, nothing.

02:01Second and third, one out, nothing.

02:02That's been going on all year.

02:04Their numbers, they went through a stretch where they were three for 29, runners in scoring

02:09position, trying to ensure a postseason spot.

02:12So that number is must grow, but it's also must grow up against this Braves offense this

02:15year.

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