[1] In 2012 and 2013 he was named All-Metro Teams by The Seattle Times, and in 2013 and 2014 he was an All-State selection by the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association.

[4] In his college career he was a three-time All-ACC pick and All-American, and batted .334/.424/.541 in 176 starts with 53 doubles, four triples, 27 home runs, 155 RBIs, and 230 hits, and was 47-of-57 in stolen-base attempts.

Fairchild spent 2018 with both the Single-A Dayton Dragons (with whom he earned Midwest League All-Star honors) and the High-A Daytona Tortugas, slashing a combined .264/.344/.407 with nine home runs, 57 RBIs, and 23 stolen bases in 130 games between both clubs.

[11] On August 31, 2020, the Reds traded Fairchild, along with Josh VanMeter, to the Arizona Diamondbacks for relief pitcher Archie Bradley and cash considerations.

[14] Fairchild made his MLB debut that night as a pinch runner for Stephen Vogt and scored the game winning run after David Peralta’s walk-off hit-by pitch in the bottom of the 9th.

The following day, Fairchild notched his first career hit, a line drive single off of Colorado Rockies pitcher Lucas Gilbreath; he had 15 major league at bats for the season.

He hit his first MLB home run off Luis Severino of the New York Yankees in his first plate appearance for the Reds on July 13.

[20] Fairchild made it back to the team shortly after the demotion, finishing the season with a .228 batting average and five home runs in 97 games.