The Yankees wooed Max Fried with a big chunk of money up front.
The southpaw starter will get a $20 million signing bonus as part of his deal with the Bronx Bombers, paid in two $10 million installments, one immediately and one next year, according to a Wednesday report by The Post’s Joel Sherman.
The big bonus is part of Fried’s eight-year, $218 million pact with the Yankees.
Fried is set to receive $12 million in 2025 and 2026 before earning $29 million annually over the last six seasons of the deal.
The 30-year-old’s deal beats out David Price’s $217 million contract he signed with the Red Sox in 2015 for the biggest for a left-handed pitcher in MLB history.
The Fried signing came just days after the Yankees lost superstar Juan Soto, whose deal also included a massive signing bonus, to the Mets.
Soto got $75 million of his total $765 million upfront, allowing him to save almost $8 million in state taxes.
Blake Snell, who signed a five-year, $182 million contract with the Dodgers, got a $52 million signing bonus.
Neither Fried nor Soto’s deals included the type of deferred money Snell received from the Dodgers, who have made a habit of pushing big money into future years.
Snell’s deal includes $60 million of deferred money, bringing the franchise’s deferred compensation ledger to nearly $1 billion, far outpacing the rest of the league.
