MINNEAPOLIS — Javier Báez and Gleyber Torres played together as young bucks in the Chicago Cubs system. Báez went on to win a World Series and make the cover of a video game. Torres was traded ...

Javier Báez has played all over the diamond in his 12-year MLB career, but found himself in a new spot on Sunday for the Detroit Tigers. Báez moved to center field for the final six outs of the ...

DETROIT -- Javier Báez may never be an everyday shortstop again. That doesn’t mean he can’t help the Tigers win. Sunday’s game offered a blueprint for how he could remain a productive ...

Detroit — That Javier Báez has bought in to the Tigers’ concept of versatility and optionality is not at all surprising. For all the tumult during the last three years, the injuries and ...

Javier Báez has been on a precipitous decline ever since signing a six-year, $140 million contract with the Detroit Tigers. A.J. Hinch has turned around the ship, punching Detroit's first ...

Javier Báez is batting seventh and starting in center field for the Detroit Tigers in their spring training game against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, per the team's official lineup card.

There’s no doubt it’s one player and one player alone. Javier Báez continues his slow death march out of baseball, and it was brutally apparent in his 0-for-4 performance. His day drew boos ...

The Tigers saw red flags in Javier Báez before they signed the shortstop to a six-year, $140 million contract. Al Avila, who served as general manager of the Tigers from August 2015 until his ...

On Saturday afternoon, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch wrote down an unusual name to play center field on the lineup card: Javier Báez. What makes the decision interesting is that Báez has ...