Javier Baez DET SS R

Born: 12/01/1992 Age: 32

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On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (NYM) Dec'21

Sat 3/22	Sun 3/23	Mon 3/24
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Positions
SS
2026 Earned Positions
Util

All Leagues
Average $1.00 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.00 Median $1.00

Roster%
0.31%
Change
7Day 0.61%
30Day 0.3%

March 17, 2025 9:03 PM : Baez is expected to open the season in a bench role with Trey Sweeney likely in line to serve as the Tigers' Opening Day starter at shortstop, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.
Analysis: Sweeney hasn't been optioned to Triple-A Toledo yet, and if the 24-year-old sticks in the majors, the Tigers likely won't want him riding the pine instead of developing in the minors. Baez has seemingly kept himself prepared for the possibility of serving in more of a utility role this spring, as he's also been seeing time at third base in addition to his natural spot at shortstop. Baez has struggled mightily since signing a six-year, $140 million deal with Detroit in November 2021, but with three seasons still left on his contract, the Tigers may not be ready to write him off as a sunk cost just yet.

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	CS	P/G	Pts
2014	CHC	52	229	213	36	6	0	9	15	1	5	1	2.79	145.30
2015	CHC	28	80	76	22	6	0	1	4	0	1	2	2.94	82.30
2016	CHC	142	450	421	115	19	1	14	15	11	12	3	3.58	507.80
2017	CHC	145	508	469	128	24	2	23	30	1	10	3	4.47	648.60
2018	CHC	160	645	606	176	40	9	34	29	5	21	9	6.15	983.20
2019	CHC	138	561	531	149	38	4	29	28	0	11	7	5.76	794.30
2020	CHC	59	235	222	45	9	1	8	7	4	3	0	2.98	175.70
2021	CHC	91	361	335	83	9	2	22	15	7	13	3	5.02	456.40
2021	NYM	47	186	167	50	9	0	9	13	6	5	2	6.06	284.60
2022	DET	144	590	555	132	27	4	17	26	6	9	2	3.84	552.60
2023	DET	136	547	510	113	18	4	9	24	9	12	0	2.97	404.20
2024	DET	80	289	272	50	12	0	6	12	2	8	1	1.92	153.60

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	CS	P/G	Pts
2011	CHC (R)	3	12	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.67	20.00
2011	CHC (A-)	2	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	-0.40
2012	CHC (A)	57	235	213	71	10	5	12	9	10	20	3	7.75	441.50
2012	CHC (A+)	23	86	80	15	3	1	4	5	1	4	2	3.3	76.00
2013	CHC (A+)	76	337	299	82	19	4	17	21	11	12	2	6.73	511.10
2013	CHC (AA)	54	240	218	64	15	0	20	19	0	8	2	8.12	438.50
2014	CHC (AAA)	104	434	388	101	24	2	23	34	5	16	8	5.77	599.80
2015	CHC (R)	4	15	12	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	7.45	29.80
2015	CHC (AAA)	70	313	281	91	14	2	13	21	8	17	3	7.34	513.70
2016	CHC (AAA)	4	15	15	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4.68	18.70
2024	DET (AAA)	4	13	12	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6.43	25.70

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	CS	P/G	Pts
2012	CHC (ST)	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-2.00
2013	CHC (ST)	17	48	47	14	2	0	4	1	0	1	1	4.52	76.90
2014	CHC (ST)	18	54	53	14	3	0	5	1	0	2	1	4.73	85.10
2015	CHC (ST)	17	59	55	10	0	0	1	3	1	4	1	1.6	27.20
2016	CHC (ST)	11	32	30	6	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	2.34	25.70
2017	CHC (ST)	11	33	32	8	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.14	23.50
2018	CHC (ST)	14	37	35	9	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	2.69	37.70
2019	CHC (ST)	18	50	48	15	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	3.81	68.50
2020	CHC (ST)	14	41	37	12	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	5.24	73.30
2021	CHC (ST)	18	52	49	9	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	2.05	36.90
2022	DET (ST)	13	36	34	7	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.75	22.80
2023	DET (ST)	12	37	36	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	3.40
2024	DET (ST)	19	52	49	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1.90
2025	DET (ST)	11	32	28	6	4	0	1	3	1	0	0	3.51	38.60

Date	Team	Opponent	PA	AB	H	BB	2B	HR	R	RBI	SB	Pts
Aug 22, 2024	DET	@CHC	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60
Aug 20, 2024	DET	@CHC	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4.00
Aug 17, 2024	DET	NYY	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4.00
Aug 15, 2024	DET	SEA	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	17.60
Aug 13, 2024	DET	SEA	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	11.00
Aug 11, 2024	DET	@SFG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.00
Aug 10, 2024	DET	@SFG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60
Aug 9, 2024	DET	@SFG	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	7.40
Aug 7, 2024	DET	@SEA	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Aug 6, 2024	DET	@SEA	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.60
Totals			34	32	7	2	1	2	4	4	1	36.80

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	PA	AB	H	BB	2B	HR	R	RBI
Jul 6, 2024	AAA	TOL	@COL	4	4	2	0	1	0	1	0
Jul 5, 2024	AAA	TOL	@COL	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	1
Jul 3, 2024	AAA	TOL	COL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul 2, 2024	AAA	TOL	COL	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
Totals				13	12	4	1	1	1	3	1

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	PA	AB	H	BB	2B	HR	R	RBI	HBP
Mar 19, 2025	ST	DET	@BOS	4	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mar 16, 2025	ST	DET	BAL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mar 15, 2025	ST	DET	@PHI	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mar 13, 2025	ST	DET	NYY	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Mar 12, 2025	ST	DET	TB	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Mar 9, 2025	ST	DET	PIT	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	3	0
Mar 8, 2025	ST	DET	@TOR	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mar 5, 2025	ST	DET	PHI	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	0
Mar 3, 2025	ST	DET	TOR	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mar 1, 2025	ST	DET	PHI	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				29	26	6	2	4	1	4	6	1

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
March 2, 2014 5:45 PM	add	Socrates Burrito	$18
October 8, 2014 11:04 PM	increase	Socrates Burrito	$20
April 7, 2015 12:42 PM	cut	Socrates Burrito	$10
July 31, 2015 1:38 PM	add	Socrates Burrito	$10
October 5, 2015 8:18 AM	increase	Socrates Burrito	$12
October 7, 2016 12:19 PM	increase	Socrates Burrito	$14
November 15, 2016 8:20 AM	increase	Socrates Burrito	$16
December 14, 2016 11:56 AM	move	Big Papi memories (from Socrates Burrito)	$16
October 7, 2017 1:46 AM	increase	Big Papi memories	$18
January 20, 2018 10:06 AM	move	Otto2024 (from Big Papi memories)	$18
October 12, 2018 12:48 PM	increase	Otto2024	$20
November 15, 2018 7:38 AM	increase	Otto2024	$26
October 4, 2019 4:48 PM	increase	Otto2024	$28
November 15, 2019 12:16 AM	increase	Otto2024	$33
August 17, 2020 5:31 PM	move	Youth Authority Home (from Otto2024)	$33
September 30, 2020 7:33 PM	increase	Youth Authority Home	$35
November 15, 2020 12:25 PM	cut	Youth Authority Home	$0
March 14, 2021 5:15 PM	add	Jax Beach Belugas	$17
March 22, 2021 4:45 AM	move	Pete LaCock Goes Deep (from Jax Beach Belugas)	$17
June 26, 2021 6:13 PM	move	Hamel Toes 🐫 (from Pete LaCock Goes Deep)	$17
October 9, 2021 4:36 AM	increase	Hamel Toes 🐫	$19
October 14, 2022 1:20 AM	increase	Hamel Toes 🐫	$21
June 14, 2023 12:02 PM	cut	Hamel Toes 🐫	$11

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
May 6, 2024 4:52 PM	🐡 Salmón de Campusano 🐡	Javier Baez DET SS R $1 Andy Pages LAD OF R $7	AKA Big Papi	Marcus Stroman NYY SP R $11 Anthony Volpe NYY SS R $6 $9 loan
July 18, 2023 12:05 PM	Highland Thumbs 👍	Jon Berti MIA 3B R $1	Croutonic Gorgon	Javier Baez DET SS R $2 $1 loan
July 16, 2023 4:08 PM	Cool Runnings	Tyler Soderstrom OAK C/1B L $2	Finest City Ungovernables	Javier Baez DET SS R $7 $5 loan
June 17, 2023 12:34 PM	PICKLE DICK	Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $1 Brady Singer KCR SP R $5	MeatHeads	Javier Baez DET SS R $9 Mark Leiter Jr. CHC RP R $1 $2 loan
June 14, 2023 8:40 PM	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Edward Cabrera MIA SP R $5 OUT Francisco Alvarez NYM C R $4 OUT	Muckdogs	Clayton Kershaw LAD SP L $24 60IL Javier Baez DET SS R $3 $18 loan
May 31, 2023 7:56 PM	Maybe This Year	Javier Baez DET SS R $5 Chris Taylor LAD 2B/3B/OF R $1	Alien Alliance	A.J. Minter ATL RP L $4
May 29, 2023 7:26 AM	Raganomics	Javier Baez DET SS R $6	The Bronx Empire	Chris Bassitt TOR SP R $8 $2 loan
May 18, 2023 12:40 PM	Stroman Troopers	Javier Baez DET SS R $2 Brady Singer KCR SP R $11	The Exponentials	Gregory Soto PHI RP L $3
May 16, 2023 3:31 PM	Team Wayne	Nathan Eovaldi BOS SP R $1 Jeff Mcneil NYM 2B/OF L $11 OUT	Latte Larry's	Robbie Ray SEA SP L $5 Javier Baez DET SS R $3 Jorge Soler MIA OF R $7
May 11, 2023 5:42 PM	CorbinCarroll'sMelongasms	Max Fried ATL SP L $17 Amed Rosario CLE 2B/SS/3B/OF R $1 $16 loan	Help!Tony'sTeam2OP	Javier Baez DET SS R $1 Tanner Bibee CLE SP R $1

Javier Baez DET SS R

Born: 12/01/1992 Age: 32

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On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (NYM) Dec'21

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