Overview

• Max Fried departed his July 12 start at Yankee Stadium after three innings because of a blister on his left thumb.
• Manager Aaron Boone said the team will employ various blister treatments during the All-Star break before finalizing Fried’s post–break schedule.
• Fried will attend the All-Star festivities in Atlanta but was replaced on the American League roster by Carlos Rodón and will not pitch in the midsummer classic.
• If his thumb heals as expected, the rotation ace could make his season return in the late-July series in Toronto from July 21 to 23.
• The blister issue is a recurring problem that cost Fried four injured list stints with Atlanta and intensifies strain on a Yankees rotation already without Gerrit Cole and Clarke Schmidt.