For Fry, being a girl dad is 'the best thing in the world'

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CLEVELAND -- For the Guardians’ David Fry, there’s nothing quite like the feeling that comes with being a girl dad of two.

“It's the best thing in the world,” Fry said. “Just being a dad in general puts a lot of perspective in your life. And then having two girls, it's made me a lot softer, that's for sure. But I love it so much.”

Father’s Day this year is a special one for Fry. It’s the first since his family grew to four in October, when he and his wife, Rebekah, welcomed their second daughter, Harper, into the world. Their firstborn, Evelyn, turned 2 years old in September.

Fatherhood continues to help Fry maintain great perspective. The baseball season is a six-plus-month grind. There are highs and lows on the field. But regardless of what happens during a game on a given day, when Fry returns to his daughters afterward, he's just Dad.

“I'll go into the family room, and our oldest, Evelyn, will just run up to me,” Fry said. "It's like Christmas Day for her, just because Daddy's back and we get to go back to the house and play. It's been the biggest blessing in the world to be a dad to two healthy girls, and I couldn't love it any more.”

Fry has returned to being a Swiss Army knife defensively for the Guardians this season, after he was limited to hitting in 2025 following offseason Tommy John surgery. His campaign came to a frightening end last year, when he was struck on the face by an offering from Tarik Skubal on Sept. 23.

Fry ultimately suffered multiple facial and nasal fractures, which later required surgery, and a cut on his nose, but that fortunately was the worst of the injury. Rebekah and Evelyn were able to fly to Cleveland to be with him, and the Guardians threw Evelyn a “Frozen” party at Progressive Field to celebrate her second birthday. She also offered Dad heartwarming support in a trying time.

“She wanted to look like Daddy,” Fry said. “I had a huge bandage over my nose. So she got one of her Elsa band-aids and put it on her nose, and she was like, 'Look, Daddy, I look like you.' She was not scared about it at all. She loved it.”

Harper was born just weeks later. She’s now crawling and chasing her sister around, and Fry noted Evelyn gives her little sister a lot of love. Both are sleeping well, “knock on wood,” Fry quipped.

Fry treasures being a dad, and he cherishes the care Rebekah provides their daughters amid his demanding schedule. When he’s on the road, FaceTime calls and videos that Rebekah sends help make trips feel not as long.

“Luckily, my wife is the best,” Fry said. “She's having to do a lot of this stuff, obviously, while I'm on the road and everything, but she does an unbelievable job taking care of them while I'm gone. I have three amazing girls.”

All in all, it's the little things that Fry loves most about fatherhood.

“It’s just like the little joy of every day,” he said. “The most little things that, if it's not your kid, you're like, ‘Who cares?’ But when it's your kid, you're like, ‘This is the coolest thing in the world.’ That happens every day.”