David Fry

David Fry

29-Year-Old CatcherC
Cleveland Guardians
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Fry began the 2024 season as a short-side platoon bat for manager Stephen Vogt but started to earn some reps against right-handers, too, after sporting a 1.114 OPS through the first two months of the season. He ultimately did most of his damage versus left-handed pitching (.996 OPS, nine home runs), although Fry did smack a walk-off home run against righty reliever Clay Holmes in the ALCS. The 29-year-old played much of the year with a UCL tear in his right elbow and had surgery after the season. The operation will sideline Fry for the first month or two of the season and will prevent him from playing the field until 2026. Fry will have catcher, first base and outfield eligibility in 2025, so he could have some fantasy value once he's recovered. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season
From Preseason
#414
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Guardians in March of 2025.
Activated from IL
CCleveland Guardians
May 31, 2025
The Guardians reinstated Fry (elbow) from the 60-day injured list Saturday.
ANALYSIS
Fry has spent the first portion of the season working his way back from an elbow procedure he underwent in November. He began playing in minor-league games May 13 and went 3-for-29 with a homer, five RBI and two runs scored during his nine-game rehab assignment. Despite his underwhelming performance, the Guardians feel he's ready to rejoin the active roster. Cody Bolton was designated for assignment to create room for Fry on the 40-man roster.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+34%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+47%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+2%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .918 223 25 11 39 3 .268 .404 .514
Since 2023vs Right .685 288 31 7 28 4 .246 .302 .383
2025vs Left .452 7 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167
2025vs Right .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024vs Left .996 165 21 9 31 2 .287 .430 .566
2024vs Right .676 225 23 5 20 2 .248 .302 .374
2023vs Left .742 51 4 2 7 0 .227 .333 .409
2023vs Right .728 62 8 2 8 2 .246 .306 .421
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+4%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+3%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+8%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .799 244 28 9 33 3 .262 .357 .443
Since 2023Away .766 267 28 9 34 4 .249 .337 .429
2025Home .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025Away .452 7 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167
2024Home .816 185 22 7 24 2 .263 .368 .449
2024Away .793 205 22 7 27 2 .263 .346 .447
2023Home .762 58 6 2 9 1 .264 .328 .434
2023Away .705 55 6 2 6 1 .208 .309 .396
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Stat Review
How does David Fry compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.25
 
BB Rate
12.5%
 
K Rate
50.0%
 
BABIP
.333
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.143
 
OBP
.250
 
SLG
.143
 
OPS
.393
 
wOBA
.198
 
Exit Velocity
99.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
33.3%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.116
 
Expected SLG
.174
 
Sprint Speed
25.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
33.3%
 
Line Drive %
0.0%
 
Fly Ball %
66.7%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Fry was called up for the first time in his career in May of 2023, slashing .238/.319./.416 across 113 plate appearances. Fry is a backup option at best with limited fantasy appeal, though he does show some pop at the dish with a .178 ISO and 36.6% Hard Hit Rate in his limited major league experience. The 28-year-old may find himself back in the minors in 2024 as Cleveland signed veteran Austin Hedges to backup Bo Naylor ahead of the new campaign making him an avoid for fantasy managers even in multi-catcher formats.
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Rehab shifts to Triple-A
CCleveland Guardians
Elbow
May 26, 2025
Fry (elbow) will continue his rehab assignment at Triple-A Columbus on Tuesday, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
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Moving rehab to Double-A
CCleveland Guardians
Elbow
May 20, 2025
Fry (elbow) shifted his rehab assignment Monday from the rookie-level Arizona Complex League to Double-A Akron.
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Starting rehab assignment in ACL
CCleveland Guardians
Elbow
May 12, 2025
Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said Monday that Fry (elbow) is set to begin playing in rehab games in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League this week, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
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Close to game action in Arizona
CCleveland Guardians
Elbow
April 28, 2025
Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said Sunday that Fry (elbow) is "progressing well" and is expected to return to game activity at the organization's spring training complex in Arizona at some point in May, Michael Beaven of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.
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Taking dry swings
CCleveland Guardians
Elbow
March 12, 2025
Fry (elbow) was cleared to begin taking dry swings Wednesday, MLB.com reports.
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