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Stuart Fairchild is an outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds. He was drafted by the Reds with the 38th overall selection in the 2017 Draft. He was their 2nd round pick and their 3rd pick overall. He played his college ball at Wake Forest. After beating up on pitching in the ACC, the Reds sent him to Billings after the draft. While there he hit .303 with 12 stolen bases. Fairchild has also been a member of the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants.
Fairchild completed his Wake Forest collegiate career as a three-time All-ACC pick, All-American, and second-round MLB Draft selection. He had his best season in his junior year when he was a consensus first team All-American, finishing the season with a .360 average, 19 doubles, 17 home runs, 67 RBIs and 21 stolen bases. He started all 63 games and recorded 94 hits, a mark which ranks tied for sixth all-time, led the ACC and ranked fourth in the country. Fairchild also led the ACC with 166 total bases and finished in the top five in the league in runs (65), average (.360), RBIs (67) and slugging (.645)
In 3 seasons at Wake Forest, Fairchild batted .334, making 176 starts and totaling 53 doubles, four triples, 27 home runs, 155 RBIs, 230 hits, and went 47-of-57 in stolen-base attempts. His 53 doubles rank tied for seventh in program history. Fairchild also had two error-free seasons in the outfield and finished with a .992 career fielding percentage.
In 2019, Fairchild split the season between Class A Daytona and Class AA Chattanooga. The talented outfielder ranked among the organization’s minor league leaders in doubles (29, 4th), extra-base hits (44, T4th), total bases (177, 6th), HR (12, T7th), RBI (54, T7th), walks (44, 9th) and runs (57, T10th). Following the season, Fairchild played for Glendale in the prestigious Arizona Fall League where he tore it up. (9g, .353, 4 2b, 6rbi, 1sb). Following the 2019 season, Fairchild was rated one of the organization’s top prospects by Baseball America (8th) and MiLB.com (16th). He also entered the 2020 season rated by Baseball America the player in the Reds’ minor league system with the best strike zone discipline. For his stellar effort, he was invited to Reds Major League Training Camp on January 10th, 2020.
On August 31, 2020, the Reds traded Fairchild, along with Josh VanMeter, to the Arizona Diamondbacks for relief pitcher Archie Bradley and cash considerations. The Diamondbacks added him to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season. He was assigned to the Triple-A Reno Aces to begin the 2021 season. Fairchild was promoted to the major leagues for the first time on July 6, 2021. Fairchild made his MLB debut that night as a pinch runner for Stephen Vogt and scored the game winning run after David Peralta’s walk-off hit-by pitch in the bottom of the 9th. The following day, Fairchild notched his first career hit, a line drive single off of Colorado Rockies pitcher Lucas Gilbreth.
On April 23, 2022, Fairchild was traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for cash considerations. For Tacoma, he batted .438/.571/.625 in 16 at bats. He had three hitless at bats for Seattle. He was designated for assignment on May 12, 2022. On May 14th, 2022, Fairchild was traded to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for infielder Alex Blandino and cash.
On June 11th, 2022 the Cincinnati Reds acquired Fairchild for the second time in his career. Fairchild had a short stay in Triple-A Louisville before being promoted to the Reds big club. He raked for the Bats hitting .315 in 20 Games. On July 12th, 2022 the Cincinnati Reds recalled Fairchild from Triple-A Louisville after placing Albert Almora Jr. on the injured list. Fairchild hit his first MLB Home Run vs. 2-Time All-Star Pitcher Luis Severino and the New York Yankees in his first plate appearance for the Cincinnati Reds on July, 13th 2022. Fairchild finished the 2022 Season playing in 38 games with the Reds and hitting .279 with an OPS of .897. Fairchild was optioned to the Triple-A Louisville Bats to begin the 2023 Major League Baseball Season. Fairchild made it back to the team shortly after the demotion, finishing the season with a .228 batting average and five home runs in 97 games.
The featured white and grey Franklin Powerstrap Batting Gloves were game worn by Stuart Fairchild in 2024 as a member of the Cincinnati Reds. In 2024, Fairchild appeared in 94 games for the Reds, slashing .215/.286/.368 with career–highs in home runs (8), RBI (30), and stolen bases (13). He was placed on the injured list with a left thumb sprain on August 27th. Fairchild was transferred to the 60–day injured list the following day, ending his season. The talented outfielder signed the palm of the Gloves and added “2024 Game Worn” in blue. The Batting Gloves show good use with a tear to the palm of the left glove!
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