Max Fried injury update: Yankees ace leaves start with elbow issue

New York Yankees ace Max Fried left Wednesday afternoon's game in Baltimore after only three innings and 61 pitches due to left elbow posterior soreness, the team announced.

Fried will be examined by the team physician and undergo testing on Thursday in New York, but didn't sound too concerned when he spoke to the media after the game.

“I'm not too worried about a super long term thing," Fried said. "If I can, I would love to be able to make my next start, but we'll see.”

The left-hander was not particularly sharp in his outing, giving up three runs and five hits in his three innings of work before giving way to reliever Paul Blackburn in the top of the fourth. The start of the game was moved up several hours because of storms forecast for the Baltimore area later in the day.

In nine previous starts this season, Fried has posted a 4-2 record and 2.91 ERA over 58 ⅔ innings.

Fried finished fourth in AL Cy Young voting last season, the first year of a $218 million contract he signed with the Yankees.

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