Max Fried will make his first Opening Day start for the Atlanta Braves next week.

Fried went 7-0 with a 2.25 ERA last season, finishing fifth in the NL Cy Young Award balloting.

"It's been really neat to be with Max through this whole run, to watch him mature and become the pitcher that he is," Brian Snitker said.

The Braves will open the season Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies.