Yankees news: Brutal honesty from coach turned Max Fried’s night; Oswaldo Cabrera update

BOSTON — Yankees starter Max Fried was mad at himself two batters into his start Wednesday night at Fenway Park. All it took was Willson Contreras working a five-pitch walk with one out in the Red Sox first. The lefty hates walking batters anytime, but giving the Red Sox a free baserunner after being handed a 3-0 lead before he threw a pitch was unacceptable in the ace’s quest-for-pitching-perfection world.

The next inning, Fried became more upset at himself when leadoff hitter Andrew Monasterio walked and it led to a major threat after Jarren Duran doubled to put two runners in scoring position with nobody out. Neither free pass cost the Yankees any runs, but when Fried returned to the dugout after he struck out three in a row to escape the second-inning jam, he was approached by his pitching coach. “Hey, it’s not working,” Matt Blake said.

“When you’re gonna cut it out? ’” Blake wanted Fried to stop pitching with a windup with nobody on base because his command was much better from the stretch. “You’re right,” Fried responded.

“I just gotta cut it and figure it out. ” There was nothing to figure out. Fried ended up scattering five hits over eight scoreless innings with nine strikeout and the Yankees won 4-1 to make it five in a row.