Max Fried latest: Yankees ace throwing, but not much progress being made | amNewYork

Max Fried, the New York Yankees starting pitcher, threw a baseball for the first time since a left elbow bone bruise on May 15. The session was limited to keeping his arm moving and did not represent a major rehab milestone. Recent reimaging showed he was not ready to start intensifying his workload. The Yankees planned additional reimaging either in a few weeks or when symptoms resolved to set a clearer return timetable. Fried left a May 13 start after 61 pitches with left elbow posterior soreness, and UCL damage was ruled out, offering reassurance given his prior Tommy John surgery in 2014. His absence was eased by the recent returns of Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon.

"Injured New York Yankees ace Max Fried played catch on Monday, the first time he threw a baseball since going down with a left elbow bone bruise on May 15. But manager Aaron Boone was quick to point out that this was not some significant checkpoint in the southpaw's rehab. Re-imaging of the injury recently showed that he is not ready to start intensifying his work just yet. This session of catch was just to keep his arm moving, nothing more."

"“There's nothing really that would say he can start the ramp-up process yet,” Boone told reporters in Kansas City. “Don't read too far into that. He's been doing plyos and stuff. He's had a pretty good week overall as far as symptoms and feeling pretty good and responding to everything pretty well. But he's not at a point to where we can start ramping him up yet.”"

"The initial plan was for the Yankees to schedule reimaging of Fried's elbow in either a few weeks or when there were no symptoms, to provide a more concrete timetable for a return. Fried was forced to leave his start on May 13 against the Baltimore Orioles after just 61 pitches in what the team initially described as left elbow posterior soreness. Any damage to the UCL was quickly ruled out, which provided significant relief for an arm that underwent Tommy John surgery back in 2014."

"In some ways, it's good news, Boone said at the time. Fried was 4-3 with a 3.21 ERA and ranked No. 1 with 61.2 innings pitched at the time of his injury. His loss was softened thanks to the returns of Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon in recent weeks. Both star arms missed the first month-plus of the 2026 season: Cole finished his rehab from the Tommy John surgery he underwent last March, and Rodon recently recovered from offseason elbow surgery."

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