NEW YORK – Stuart Fairchild was the new guy in the Cincinnati Reds’ clubhouse Tuesday, but nobody would ever know it by the number of players who yelled, “Stuuu” when they saw him at his locker.
Fairchild was called up from Triple-A Louisville before Tuesday’s series opener against the New York Yankees when Albert Almora Jr. was placed on the COVID-related injured list. Fairchild, a 26-year-old outfielder, was drafted by the Reds in 2017 and spent three years in the organization.
He was traded in 2020 to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of the Archie Bradley trade, but the Reds added him back into the organization by claiming him off waivers in June.