Fried’s Early Exit Latest Braves Injury in Trying Season That Ends With Playoff Sweep

Fried’s Early Exit Latest Braves Injury in Trying Season That Ends With Playoff Sweep
Members to the Atlanta Braves watch from the dugout during the ninth inning in Game 2 of an NL Wild Card Series baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego on Oct. 2, 2024. Gregory Bull/AP Photo
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SAN DIEGO—The Braves’ best pitcher, NL Cy Young Award favorite Chris Sale, was back home in Atlanta with a back injury.

Max Fried, who started his career as a San Diego Padres farmhand and won the clinching game in the 2021 World Series for the Braves, was in the trainer’s room by the third inning.