ESPN.com · Apr 9, 2025
Max Fried vs. Jack Flaherty: Former high school teammates' first MLB duel
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On Wednesday afternoon, a pair of ex-teammates dueled on the mound for the first time as the New York Yankees took on the Detroit Tigers.
The catch? The Tigers' Jack Flaherty and Yankees' Max Fried never shared an MLB clubhouse or a college campus -- they're both former Harvard-Westlake Wolverines.
The pair shared the same high school dugout back in 2012, after Fried transferred to Harvard-Westlake for his senior season. Flaherty was a sophomore at the time, a year away from a remarkable junior campaign in 2013 that saw him finish with a 0.63 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 89 innings.