Paul Fry (baseball)


Paul Raymond Fry is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.

Career

Seattle Mariners

After graduating from Waterford Kettering High School in Waterford, Michigan, Fry enrolled at St. Clair County Community College. In 2013, his sophomore year, he went 6-1 with a 1.80 ERA with 97 strikeouts in 55 innings. After the season, he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. He signed and spent 2013 with the Arizona League Mariners where he was 2-3 with a 4.50 ERA in 34 innings pitched. He pitched for the Clinton LumberKings in 2014, posting a 4-4 record and 2.71 ERA in 28 relief appearances, and the Bakersfield Blaze and Jackson Generals in 2015, going 4-5 with a 2.03 ERA and 1.15 WHIP in 80 innings pitched. After the 2015 season he played in the Arizona Fall League.
Fry was invited to Spring Training by the Mariners in 2016. He spent the season with the Tacoma Rainers where he compiled a 3-1 record and 2.78 ERA in 48 games. The Mariners added him to their 40-man roster after the season.

Baltimore Orioles

He began 2017 back with Tacoma and was traded to the Baltimore Orioles on April 14, 2017, for future considerations. Baltimore assigned him to the Norfolk Tides and he also spent time with the Bowie BaySox. In 60.1 total innings pitched between Tacoma, Norfolk, and Bowie, Fry was 3-3 with a 4.33 ERA and 72 strikeouts.
Fry made his MLB debut on June 29, 2018. He finished the season 1-2 with 2 saves in 35 games.