Max Fried set to unveil complex bag of tricks during his Yankees debut

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.After a sharp Carlos Rodón impressed using six different pitches in Thursday’s Opening Day win, Aaron Boone was asked if he expects the former two-pitch pitcher to evolve into the type of arm who can pull from a deep arsenal.“I’m not ready to say he’s going to be Max Fried,” the manager said.There are not many around the league whose bags of tricks are as deep as the Yankees’ Saturday starting pitcher.Fried will make his club debut after signing a $218 million pact this winter with a résumé of eight strong seasons with the Braves in which he continued to evolve.

After adding a sweeper last year, there are seven unique offerings he can turn to — a four-seamer, sinker, changeup, devastating curveball, cutter and a more traditional slider to go with the more horizontal weapon — to keep hitters guessing.“I think just having an understanding of how hard it is to hit in general when you’re able to throw a bunch of different looks and also change speeds,” Fried said in camp.“It just adds a different element that they can’t sit there and … look for a fastball or just try to jump the fastball.“Being able to mix speeds, pitches, breaks, different things like that will just allow me to have a little bit more options.”His diversity in attack and ability to grow are part of why the Yankees gave a now-31-year-old an eight-year deal, which will begin against the Brewers in The Bronx.Fried has talked up the technology around the Yankees and hinted (though not explicitly) about tweaks he can make with his new team.

His curveball has been his best pitch through his career, last year rated as the sixth-best curve in terms of Statcast’s Run Value and a pitch opposing hitters batted .154 against.During a spring training that went askew for the Yankees, Fried — who missed some time the past two seasons with ...