Led by Fried and Aaron Judge (seven homers, 25 RBI, 1.202 OPS), the Yankees have started 14-8 and sit atop the AL East by two games. The rest of the starting rotation has struggled at times, hampered by injuries to Garrett Cole, Luis Gil and Clarke Schmidt, but Fried has been as advertised.

TAMPA, Fla. — After an eventful and very unique day of baseball at Steinbrenner Field ended with the Yankees blanking the Rays 4-0, their new win song was blasting again on the clubhouse stereo, George Benson’s 1980 disco hit “Give Me the Night.”

Rookie Chandler Simpson hit a grounder into the hole between first and second with one out in the sixth and reached when the ball bounced off the glove of first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.