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
Old School (5x5)
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

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

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	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
2014	CHC	52	229	213	25	9	20	5	0.16901
2015	CHC	28	80	76	4	1	4	1	0.28947
2016	CHC	142	450	421	50	14	59	12	0.27316
2017	CHC	145	508	469	75	23	75	10	0.27292
2018	CHC	160	645	606	101	34	111	21	0.29043
2019	CHC	138	561	531	89	29	85	11	0.28060
2020	CHC	59	235	222	27	8	24	3	0.20270
2021	CHC	91	361	335	48	22	65	13	0.24776
2021	NYM	47	186	167	32	9	22	5	0.29940
2022	DET	144	590	555	64	17	67	9	0.23784
2023	DET	136	547	510	58	9	59	12	0.22157
2024	DET	80	289	272	25	6	37	8	0.18382

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
2011	CHC (R)	3	12	12	2	0	0	2	0.33333
2011	CHC (A-)	2	6	6	0	0	1	0	0.16667
2012	CHC (A)	57	235	213	41	12	33	20	0.33333
2012	CHC (A+)	23	86	80	9	4	13	4	0.18750
2013	CHC (A+)	76	337	299	59	17	57	12	0.27425
2013	CHC (AA)	54	240	218	39	20	54	8	0.29358
2014	CHC (AAA)	104	434	388	64	23	80	16	0.26031
2015	CHC (R)	4	15	12	3	0	1	1	0.41667
2015	CHC (AAA)	70	313	281	49	13	61	17	0.32384
2016	CHC (AAA)	4	15	15	3	1	1	1	0.26667
2024	DET (AAA)	4	13	12	3	1	1	0	0.33333

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
2012	CHC (ST)	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.00000
2013	CHC (ST)	17	48	47	7	4	10	1	0.29787
2014	CHC (ST)	18	54	53	7	5	5	2	0.26415
2015	CHC (ST)	17	59	55	7	1	1	4	0.18182
2016	CHC (ST)	11	32	30	4	1	4	2	0.20000
2017	CHC (ST)	11	33	32	3	0	2	1	0.25000
2018	CHC (ST)	14	37	35	4	0	5	1	0.25714
2019	CHC (ST)	18	50	48	7	2	8	1	0.31250
2020	CHC (ST)	14	41	37	5	3	7	0	0.32432
2021	CHC (ST)	18	52	49	4	2	7	1	0.18367
2022	DET (ST)	13	36	34	3	0	8	0	0.20588
2023	DET (ST)	12	37	36	1	0	5	0	0.16667
2024	DET (ST)	19	52	49	3	0	2	0	0.14286
2025	DET (ST)	11	32	28	4	1	6	0	0.21429

Date	Team	Opponent	PA	AB	H	BB	2B	HR	R	RBI	SB
Aug 22, 2024	DET	@CHC	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 20, 2024	DET	@CHC	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 17, 2024	DET	NYY	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 15, 2024	DET	SEA	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	0
Aug 13, 2024	DET	SEA	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	0
Aug 11, 2024	DET	@SFG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 10, 2024	DET	@SFG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 9, 2024	DET	@SFG	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Aug 7, 2024	DET	@SEA	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 6, 2024	DET	@SEA	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Totals			34	32	7	2	1	2	4	4	1

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 21, 2015 12:36 PM	add	Just a Hinch of Cheating	$5
July 21, 2015 10:13 AM	move	Milwaukee's Best (from Just a Hinch of Cheating)	$5
October 5, 2015 8:18 AM	increase	Milwaukee's Best	$7
January 20, 2016 1:41 PM	move	Jazz Fest (from Milwaukee's Best)	$7
October 7, 2016 12:25 PM	increase	Jazz Fest	$9
November 15, 2016 8:23 AM	increase	Jazz Fest	$10
July 25, 2017 5:14 PM	cut	Jazz Fest	$5
July 26, 2017 5:15 PM	add	Milwaukee's Best	$10
October 7, 2017 1:54 AM	increase	Milwaukee's Best	$12
October 12, 2018 12:45 PM	increase	Milwaukee's Best	$14
November 15, 2018 7:39 AM	increase	Milwaukee's Best	$18
October 4, 2019 4:48 PM	increase	Milwaukee's Best	$20
November 15, 2019 12:16 AM	increase	Milwaukee's Best	$21
September 30, 2020 6:31 PM	increase	Milwaukee's Best	$23
October 9, 2021 3:41 AM	increase	Milwaukee's Best	$25
December 5, 2021 8:12 AM	move	The Pen Is Mightier (from Milwaukee's Best)	$25
May 29, 2022 8:54 AM	cut	The Pen Is Mightier	$13
June 1, 2022 8:59 AM	add	Kings of Crash	$13
October 14, 2022 1:58 AM	increase	Kings of Crash	$15
January 31, 2023 9:10 AM	cut	Kings of Crash	$0
March 5, 2023 7:48 PM	add	Behind The 🎱	$20
May 12, 2023 11:38 AM	move	The Pen Is Mightier (from Behind The 🎱)	$20
May 15, 2023 1:13 PM	cut	The Pen Is Mightier	$10
June 17, 2023 11:36 AM	add	The Pen Is Mightier	$10
June 19, 2023 4:11 PM	cut	The Pen Is Mightier	$5
July 24, 2023 11:50 PM	add	The Pen Is Mightier	$5
July 25, 2023 12:22 AM	cut	The Pen Is Mightier	$3
August 27, 2023 3:05 PM	add	The Pen Is Mightier	$3
September 1, 2023 12:09 PM	cut	The Pen Is Mightier	$2

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
August 31, 2023 9:45 PM	Sandlot Legend	Tyler O'Neill STL OF R $5	Rock River Sharks 🦈	Javier Baez DET SS R $8 Joey Meneses NYM ST 1B R $5 $8 loan
July 31, 2023 1:57 PM	Redlegs	Lance Lynn LAD SP R $1 Sonny Gray MIN SP R $13 Javier Baez DET SS R $10 Jose Abreu HOU 1B R $14 Kyle Schwarber PHI OF L $30 Ke'Bryan Hayes PIT 3B R $5 Joey Bart SFG C R $6	Squeakers	Mike Trout LAA ST OF R $55 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B/3B R $52
July 12, 2023 9:38 PM	Rock River Sharks 🦈	Francisco Lindor NYM SS S $23 Pablo Lopez MIN SP R $12 CJ Abrams WSN SS L $9 Brett Baty NYM ST 2B/3B L $1	The Zims	Javier Baez DET SS R $8 Corbin Burnes MIL SP R $35 James Wood WSN OF L $4 $2 loan
June 1, 2023 9:04 AM	Kanobis	Javier Baez DET SS R $8 Connor Joe PIT 1B/OF R $1	da Mets	Wilmer Flores SFG 1B R $1
May 10, 2023 11:37 AM	The Pen Is Mightier	Zach Neto LAA SS R $6 OUT	Behind The 🎱	Javier Baez DET SS R $20 $14 loan
May 9, 2023 9:24 PM	Saddlerock Smashers	Shane Bieber CLE RP R $29 OUT	Killa Bees	Javier Baez DET SS R $8 George Springer TOR OF R $21
April 1, 2023 9:53 PM	Burger and Frieds	Javier Baez DET SS R $10 Jose Urquidy HOU SP/RP R $2 60IL $6 loan	The Lions	Brandon Marsh PHI OF L $2
February 16, 2023 11:16 AM	WTF	Jose Altuve HOU 2B R $24 Josh Hader SDP RP L $28	Winds of Garuda and Flames of Ifrit	Zack Wheeler PHI SP R $25 Javier Baez DET SS R $11 Mitch Haniger SFG OF R $8 Ezequiel Tovar COL SS R $6
January 18, 2023 10:41 AM	Regression to the Means	Eduardo Escobar NYM Util S $6 Manuel Margot TBR OF R $4 Jonathan India CIN 2B R $12	Violent Phams	Javier Baez DET SS R $17 Trevor Rogers BAL ST SP L $6 OUT Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B/SS/OF R $4 Hayden Wesneski CHC SP/RP R $3
December 5, 2022 1:17 PM	Violent Phams	Moises Gomez SDP ST OF R $2 Oswaldo Cabrera NYY 1B/2B/3B S $5 Jordan Lawlar ARI AAA Util R $4	Lake Superior Gales 🌊	Joc Pederson SFG Util L $3 Javier Baez DET SS R $17

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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