The success has truly has come out of no where. Even with the level of production he has put up people still don’t know who is David Fry and how to he come to be one of baseball most fiercest hitters in the small sample size since his season debut. But where did he come from?

David Fry broke into baseball in 2018 where he was drafted in the 7th round out of University of Louisiana by the Milwaukee Brewers. He spent 3 years in the Milwaukee farm system and looked like he would blossom into a true offensive weapon in the near future. He averaged atleast 12 homeruns in those 3 years, 55 RBIs and a batting average north of .275 it seemed like ie would only be a matter of time until Fry would be making serious contributions to a major league team.

Unfortunately his time with the Milwaukee Brewers came to an end in 2021 when he was shipped off as the return in the JC Mejia trade to the Brewers as the PTBNL. What a horrible horrible trade to make, I know he wasn’t initially apart of the trade and that the Guardians had access to any of the Guadians players not protected by the organization. But the value was already there for the young stud. And JC Meija was a a complete misfire as he ending up having an Era north of 9.00 in his brief stint with the Brewers.

Flash forward to 2024, the Guardians are in a midst of a contending season and need a big bat they make the move to call up David Fry from Triple AAA and designate Catcher Meibrys Viloria for assignment. David Fry would fill in for majority catching duties for the Guardians. With Bo Naylor recent struggles at the plate David Fry stepped up big time. Especially with the devastated loss of LF Steven Kwan the immediate impact of Fry proved the Guardians were gong to be a threat.

At this point in the season Fry has played in less than a quarter of this seasons play and looks like a force to be reckoned with. His stat line speaks for itself; 41 games, 38 hits, 8 home runs, 27 RBIs, 4 SB, .355 BA, almost .500 OBP, .636 SLG giving him an OPS of 1.128 and an OPS+ over 126% better than league average (226). If Fry miraculously keeps this pace up for a full 162 he would clear the MVP ballots and the ROY ballots too. But it’s not realistic for him to maintain this streak.

It reminds me of the surrgence of Davis Schneider coming up for the Blue Jays last season. A season where Schneider was 75% better than league average (175) for a 35 game stretch. Well Fry already has 6+ games under his belt and his streak doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon. His bat was such a necessity in the everyday lineup that manager Vogt insisted Fry be moved to the outfield as a way to supplement great bats all around and experiment to see if he can handle the position well. Since the push to play in the outfield Fry has also seen time at first base and designated hitter to go along with an occasional outfielder and part time catcher. If Fry had enough PA to compete in the current statistics then he would be leading baseball in pretty much all peripheral categories. Hes electric and a lot of fun to watch. Hes one of many of the talent of the Guardians young players ready to make an impact in the big show. The only thing was no one predicted this level of success from performing like a league average hitter in the minors. This only makes you think what other hidden gems lie in the minors that go under the radar.