Since joining the Yankees in free agency during the offseason, Max Fried as been sensational in his first five starts. And Sunday’s game against the Rays was his best Yankees outing to date with Fried flirting with a no-hitter into the eighth inning.
At least that’s what he thought.
When Fried took the mound to pitch that eighth inning, his stat line had a late change from no hits to one hit allowed. The scoring change came after the official scorer revisited an initially called error on Paul Goldschmidt from the sixth inning.
In that play, Goldschmidt booted a grounder from the speedy Chandler Simpson. It would have been incredibly difficult for Fried to beat Simpson to the bag even if the ball was fielded cleanly. Take a look:
Fried carrying a no-no and this just got ruled an error with speedster Chandler Simpson running.
Will be interesting to see if it gets flipped to a hit and if that messes up the no-no.
Hit or error what say you? pic.twitter.com/2pWZiPPGSL
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From the video, it did look like Simpson would have gotten to the bag first. But the timing of that scoring change — and how long it took to make — was beyond questionable with an active no-hit bid. It didn’t make much sense to wait multiple innings to change the call when replay was readily available that entire sixth inning.
The Yankees broadcast was in disbelief to learn that Fried’s no-hit bid was done before even throwing a pitch in the eighth.
The Yankees broadcast reacted to the official scorer changing an error to a hit, ending Max Fried’s no-hit bid.
🎥: @YESNetworkpic.twitter.com/ymmwc2YNBr
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 20, 2025
The Yankees ace eventually gave up an additional hit with two outs in the eighth, but who knows how it would have played out without the scoring change? There’s no reason for the official scorer to wait that long.
In the end, the Yankees won, 4-0, and Fried gladly took the two-hit shutout.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Max Fried had the most anticlimactic end to his no-hit bid after a curiously late scoring change
Since joining the Yankees in free agency during the offseason, Max Fried as been sensational in his first five starts. And Sunday’s game against the Rays was his best Yankees outing to date with Fried flirting with a no-hitter into the eighth inning.
At least that’s what he thought.
When Fried took the mound to pitch that eighth inning, his stat line had a late change from no hits to one hit allowed. The scoring change came after the official scorer revisited an initially called error on Paul Goldschmidt from the sixth inning.
In that play, Goldschmidt booted a grounder from the speedy Chandler Simpson. It would have been incredibly difficult for Fried to beat Simpson to the bag even if the ball was fielded cleanly. Take a look:
Fried carrying a no-no and this just got ruled an error with speedster Chandler Simpson running.
Will be interesting to see if it gets flipped to a hit and if that messes up the no-no.
Hit or error what say you? pic.twitter.com/2pWZiPPGSL
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) April 20, 2025
From the video, it did look like Simpson would have gotten to the bag first. But the timing of that scoring change — and how long it took to make — was beyond questionable with an active no-hit bid. It didn’t make much sense to wait multiple innings to change the call when replay was readily available that entire sixth inning.
The Yankees broadcast was in disbelief to learn that Fried’s no-hit bid was done before even throwing a pitch in the eighth.
The Yankees broadcast reacted to the official scorer changing an error to a hit, ending Max Fried’s no-hit bid.
🎥: @YESNetworkpic.twitter.com/ymmwc2YNBr
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 20, 2025
The Yankees ace eventually gave up an additional hit with two outs in the eighth, but who knows how it would have played out without the scoring change? There’s no reason for the official scorer to wait that long.
In the end, the Yankees won, 4-0, and Fried gladly took the two-hit shutout.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Max Fried had the most anticlimactic end to his no-hit bid after a curiously late scoring change
