Overview
- The Yankees’ general manager, Brian Cashman, announced Tuesday at the MLB general managers’ meetings that Fried underwent surgery to remove a bone spur from his left throwing elbow.
- Cashman said Fried will take about six weeks of rest, begin a supervised throwing program in the second week of December, and is expected to follow a standard spring-training ramp-up rather than a long ligament rehab.
- The operation did not involve the elbow ligament and was not Tommy John surgery, a distinction the team stressed because Fried had Tommy John in 2014.
- Fried threw 20 starts in 2026 with a 2.80 ERA across 112 2/3 innings and is in the second year of an eight-year, $218 million contract that runs through 2032, making his availability central to rotation planning.
- Cashman also reported encouraging follow-up results on Aaron Judge’s healing rib and said both updates improve the Yankees’ short-term outlook as they address lineup depth, catching and bullpen needs this offseason.