BALTIMORE — There were so many good things for the New York Yankees to take out of their 7-0 drubbing of the Baltimore Orioles that if they spread them all out, they would have covered the vacant seats in the half-empty Camden Yards on Thursday night.Most of them centered around ace Max Fried and his seven innings of brilliance. He struck out 13, tying a career-best. He gave up just three hits and a walk, and he touched 98.5 mph. He was poised. He was calm. He looked healthy and in charge.With just one more start remaining for Fried in the regular season until the Yankees inevitably make him their Game 1 starter in the playoffs, he made a declaration that should scare the rest of the teams in the American League playoff picture:“I feel like I did toward the beginning of the year.”Remember back then? When the 31-year-old lefty was in consideration to start the All-Star Game after going 11-3 with a 2.43 ERA in 20 starts?He’s back.“I faced him a lot where he was doing that to us,” said first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, who spent his career in the National League with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the St. Louis Cardinals, often taking on Fried and the Atlanta Braves. “He pitched really well. He attacked so well. He’s got a bunch of pitches, and he made our job easy.”
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