Red Sox reportedly lose out to Yankees in Max Fried sweepstakes

Max Fried is expected to command a hefty deal in free agency. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)After losing out on the Juan Soto sweepstakes, the Red Sox reportedly pivoted quickly to one of the top pitchers on the free-agent market in Max Fried.

Unfortunately, so did the New York Yankees.

And just hours after Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, reported that Fried’s next destination was going to be “an AL East tug of war between the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays”, the southpaw chose New York.

According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Yankees signed Fried to an eight-year, $218 million contract on Tuesday evening. It stands as the largest guarantee in baseball history for a left-handed…