DALLAS – For the second time in less than 48 hours, the Red Sox have been outbid by a New York team for a top free agent target.
At 4:47 p.m. CT on Tuesday, ESPN’s Jeff Passan announced that left-hander Max Fried is taking an eight-year, $218 million contract from the Yankees.
The Red Sox were Fried finalists, just as they were Juan Soto finalists before he took the largest contract in sports history from the Mets on Sunday.
Instead of pitching alongside his old high school teammate, Lucas Giolito, Fried will now be on the other side of baseball’s storied rivalry.
Fried’s signing comes almost exactly 24 hours after Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow declared the club would be more “decisive” and “aggressive” in upgrading the roster this offseason.
This story will be updated.
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