Javier Báez is open to "whatever it takes to help the team win" after playing in centerfield for the Detroit Tigers for the ...

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.

The Detroit Tigers are experimenting with shortstop Javier Baez in a completely new position as they enter the final stretch of spring training. Baez started for the Tigers in center field for ...

Trey Sweeney was promoted following Javier Baez's season-ending hip surgery ... shortstop once again with Sweeney serving in a bench role or even beginning his 2025 campaign in the minors.

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.

DETROIT -- Here’s someone you probably didn’t expect to see penciled in as the Detroit Tigers' starting center fielder: Javier Báez ... that Báez’s primary role at the start of 2025 ...