Tip Fairchild rocketed up prospect charts in 2006 only to under go Tommy John surgery that limited his 2007 & 2008 campaigns. The Maine product says he is rearing to go this spring and show what he can do.
“I’m ready to get down there. I want to see how my arm’s feeling.”
So far, Fairchild said his arm feels as well as it did before he underwent surgery. If that’s the case, he could return to his 2006 form when he won 14 games for three teams, the best among Astros minor leaguers.
“I want to go out there and forget the fact I was hurt and go play again,” he said. “And compete.”
He indicates that if a starter he will be back at Corpus but if pitching out of the pen, he expects to be in Round Rock.
“I’d rather start, but whatever’s going to get me there faster is fine with me,” he said.