A biography for Max Friedhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm not going to lie, going to the bullpen is something that helped me a lot with my mentality. It helped me go after guys. It was like I said, 'Here's my stuff, hit it if you can.'”
“Obviously, it's evolved over the years; it's not the exact same pitch that I had when I was that young, but for me, I've always had a feel or a knack for spinning the baseball. It's more or less been a natural pitch.”
“I'm someone that is always looking for a way to get better.”
“It's crazy how much I've grown, how much I've learned and how much I've experienced.”
“If I can execute my pitches, I know I'll have way more success than when I don't.”
“It's playoff baseball. You've just got to perform. Everyone is battling something from pitching through the year or just not as sharp as they want to be at the end of the day.”
“Being down in the South, in Atlanta with the humid summers, probably didn't help as far as just blisters.”
“Before I take the ball, I'm going to prepare as well as I can.”
“When the Yankees say that they're interested in you, you perk up and you listen.”
“My mindset is to really try and keep it simple and every single time I go out there, I want to put us in the best chance to win a ballgame.”
“I pride myself on going deep into games.”
“I think just having an understanding of how hard it is to hit in general when you're able to throw a bunch of different looks and also change speeds. It just adds a different element that they can't sit there and... look for a fastball or just try to jump the fastball.”
“I think as a kid that you just look forward to winning the World Series and contributing in any way.”
“It's always fun when you gotta devise a plan of attack, and then figure out how to change it when things don't go your way.”
“Spring training is always the time where we do that work, it's where we lay the foundation of getting ready for the season, taking all of our drills and preparation as seriously as we can.”
“Winning is a big priority for me.”
“I'm always out there competing, throwing the best pitch that I feel like the situation calls for.”
“Revamping your whole entire delivery is not something that is easy. It takes a lot of hard work and discipline.”
“Baseball in October is the purest form. All that matters is winning. Individual statistics are not important at that point in the year.”
“Regardless of where I start or wherever I may be playing, it doesn't matter, because you still have to do that to eventually get to the ultimate goal of being a major-league pitcher.”