It seemed appropriate that Gerrit Cole was on hand to observe Sunday’s action from the dugout at Yankee Stadium, marking one of the ace’s first in-uniform appearances since Opening Day. While Max Fried has been excellent,

Once again, Max Fried played stopper for the New York Yankees. Fried held the Tampa Bay Rays to one hit (a single) in seven shutout innings Friday night to get the Yankees back into the win column (NY 3,

The Yankees improved to 7-for-7 in Fried starts Friday, when the lefty one-hit the Rays over seven brilliant innings in a 3-0, series-opening victory in front of 45,189 in The Bronx.