Max Fried takes home Gold Glove in first Yankees season

In his first season in pinstripes, Max Fried was golden.

The left-hander won his fourth career Gold Glove on Sunday night, taking home the award for American League pitchers as the first Yankees pitcher to do so since Mike Mussina in 2008.

Fried used his athleticism to help himself out and strengthen the Yankees infield defense when he was on the mound, which was a point of pride for him.

A pickoff specialist — he led the AL with seven — Fried led all major league pitchers with 10 defensive runs saved this season.

Before signing an eight-year, $218 million contract with the Yankees last offseason, Fried won three Gold Gloves with the Braves.

The terrific fielding came on top of posting a 2.86 ERA across 195 ¹/₃ innings with an MLB-high 19 wins, likely putting him in the top five of AL Cy Young finishers when the award is announced in two weeks.

The only other Yankee finalist for a Gold Glove was Ryan McMahon, who was up for the third baseman award in the NL after spending the majority of the season with the Rockies.

But the five-time finalist came up short again, with Ke’Bryan Hayes of the Pirates taking home the award.

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Aaron Judge was formally announced as a finalist for the AL MVP Award alongside Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and Guardians third baseman José Ramírez, though really it is a two-man race between Judge and Raleigh.

Judge, who led the majors with a 9.7 bWAR after winning a batting title (.331) while crushing 53 home runs and posting a 1.144 OPS, is in pursuit of his third MVP. It is expected to be a close vote with Raleigh, the switch-hitting backstop who crushed 60 home runs and accrued a 7.3 bWAR.