Max Fried to throw a 30-pitch live BP Tuesday as Giancarlo Stanton hits during session, Aaron Boone says

Max Fried is set to throw a live batting practice session on Tuesday, with Giancarlo Stanton in the batter’s box during the workout, according to the Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone. Fried, a left-hander, has been on the injured list because of a left elbow bone bruise, and Tuesday’s bullpen-to-live transition is aimed at moving his recovery process forward in a way that resembles real in-game conditions.

The plan calls for Fried to throw close to 30 pitches in the session. Live batting practice is a meaningful stage of progression for pitchers returning from elbow injuries, because it removes some of the variables pitchers can control in earlier throwing phases and asks them to execute with hitters looking for their approach. While it is still not a formal game appearance, the workload and the presence of a hitter like Stanton make it a notable checkpoint.

Boone’s decision to pair Fried with Stanton at the same time is also notable. Stanton is a veteran power bat for New York, and having him square up to Fried in batting practice gives the left-hander a consistent, high-recognition target for how his command and timing hold up against prepared swing paths. It is an internally useful test even if the session is not described as measuring anything public-facing beyond progression.

Fried’s stint on the injured list has centered on the left elbow bone bruise, an issue that can linger and alter how a pitcher feels when ramping up. Bone bruises typically demand a cautious return because of soreness and the risk of aggravation, so the Yankees’ approach appears designed to scale back toward regular intensity step by step. Tuesday’s live BP is best understood as another gate in that process rather than a guarantee of a quick return to a standard starting workload.

In practical terms, the Yankees are threading the needle between giving Fried enough live exposure to confirm readiness and keeping the session conservative enough to prevent setbacks. A close-to-30-pitch limit suggests the club expects the day to be a test of mechanics, arm comfort, and repeatability, all under controlled conditions. If that session goes smoothly, the natural next question becomes how Fried responds afterward and what that means for the length and timing of subsequent throwing before any move out of the injured list.

For Stanton, participating in the same workout points to the team’s broader use of batting practice as a real-time operational tool. Rather than staging separate sessions that delay feedback loops, the Yankees can align their hitter’s reps with a pitcher’s progression day. For Stanton, it also keeps his swing rhythm connected to live-looking pitching, even though the workout is not a game and may differ in tempo and situational pressure.

The immediate storyline is the Tuesday live BP itself, because it is the clearest publicly described next step for Fried since he has been sidelined. After the session, the focus will shift to whether the elbow responds normally in the subsequent days, since that is usually what determines how fast a pitcher’s progression can continue. For New York, any advancement helps reduce uncertainty in a pitching plan that relies on health and availability, even as the club’s timeline remains dependent on day-to-day medical and performance feedback.