Max Fried

Lost in the shuffle of Atlanta's plethora of young pitcher, injuries opened a door for Fried to join the rotation. He has answered the call to action with a 3.68 ERA in 66 innings. While the WHIP (1.30) is high and the ERA estimators (3.90 FIP, 4.04 SIERA), he is starting to miss more bats with three secondary pitches each netting swinging-strike rates above 13.5%. Fried has nevertheless regressed with a 4.93 ERA since the start of May, but he should settle down into an effective fourth or fifth fantasy starter.