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Last year was clearly not David Fry at his best.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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After earning a surprising All-Star nod for the Guardians in 2024, Fry was behind the eight ball for all of the 2025 campaign due to offseason Tommy John surgery that kept him off the field until the start of June and limited to the designated hitter spot once he got on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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But Fry should be healthy at the start of 2026 (even after getting hit square in the face by a Tarik Skubal fastball<\/a>), and should get back to moving all around the diamond, which will go a long way toward helping the Guardians\u2019 offense improve after its lackluster 2025 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Friday, Guardians manager Stephen Vogt held court with the team\u2019s beat over Zoom and was asked about Fry\u2019s status for 2026, where he said that Fry will \u201cconcentrate on catching through most of spring training,\u201d per Cleveland.com\u2019s Paul Hoynes.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n While Vogt added that Fey will start playing other positions toward the end of spring, having him behind the plate is the best case scenario for a Guardians team that needs a healthy season from him.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fry underwent nasal surgery due to the injuries sustained by Sukbal’s fastball<\/a>, but it seems like his recovery from that won’t dip into the spring. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As mentioned above, Fry didn\u2019t return to the diamond until last June, and he ended up hitting just .171 across 66 games while only being able to play at designated hitter. While he managed to hit eight home runs, he had an on-base percentage of just .229 and hamstrung the Guardians\u2019 lineup<\/a> a bit with his lack of positional flexibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But it looks like that will be a thing of the past in 2026, which will help both the catching situation<\/a> and the lineup as a whole.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\nDavid Fry seems healthy and ready to contribute to the Guardians in 2026\u00a0<\/h2>\n