Tigers ace Tarik Skubal visits David Fry in the hospital after fastball fractures Guardians DH's face Jack BaerSeptember 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM 19 It appears that Cleveland Guardians designated hitter David Fry is going to be OK, though he's going to need 68 weeks to recover after taking a foultipped ...
- - Tigers ace Tarik Skubal visits David Fry in the hospital after fastball fractures Guardians DH's face
Jack BaerSeptember 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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It appears that Cleveland Guardians designated hitter David Fry is going to be OK, though he's going to need 6-8 weeks to recover after taking a foul-tipped 99-mph fastball to the face.
The pitcher who threw that fastball, Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, was visibly horrified after seeing where his pitch ended up during Tuesday's game. Fry immediately fell to the ground and was bleeding before he was carted off the field and taken to a hospital.
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As he revealed to reporters Wednesday, Skubal was concerned enough that he hitched a ride from Guardians manager Stephen Vogt to visit Fry in the hospital Tuesday night. A group of Guardians players also reportedly made the trip.
be okay david fry 🙏 pic.twitter.com/VWZwxYn22E
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The Guardians released a statement Wednesday revealing that Fry sustained "multiple, minimally displaced, left-sided facial and nasal fractures" from the pitch. He has already been discharged from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery with no surgery needed.
Skubal's visit is a nice reminder that a tense and potentially historic division race doesn't mean players can't be human beings toward one another.
Tuesday's game was the opener of a three-game Tigers-Guardians series that could very well decide the AL Central. The Tigers were once 15.5 games ahead of the Guardians in the division race and led by 9.5 games as recently as Sept. 10, but Cleveland has reeled off a stretch of 17 wins in 19 games while Detroit has lost 11 of its past 12 games.
The Guardians secured the head-to-head tiebreaker with their victory Tuesday, and with another win Wednesday, they seized sole control of the division lead. If they finish the job and win the AL Central, it will be the largest comeback in the standings in MLB history.
Skubal has been far from a problem for Detroit during its free fall, as he is heavily favored to take home a second straight AL Cy Young Award. He currently leads the AL in ERA (2.21), FIP (2.46), WHIP (0.891) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.30) through 195 1/3 innings pitched across 31 starts.
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