'Baseball players have a lot of crazy superstitions,” said Fried, who stood at his locker as Atlanta rallied. He's hoping his luck changes.
ATLANTA — , whose last two postseason starts followed a bacterial infection and a finger blister that resulted in prime-time disaster, drastically needed to change his luck Monday night. He seemingly had two options. One was to sacrifice a chicken, but none was available in the clubhouse. The other was to stand still. Don’t move. Don’t tempt the baseball gods anymore because it was clear they already had it in for him, given the last two Octobers.
He pitched six shutout innings in the clinching game of the World Series in 2021. He is 22-8 with a 2.58 ERA with 250 strikeouts and only 50 walks in the last two regular seasons. But his body has been rebelling against him. He was seen puking into a bucket in the dugout after his final start of the 2022 season. He would later learn he had a viral infection that morphed into a bacterial infection. He lost 15 pounds in a week, Max Fried is out of tonight's game after five dominant innings.
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