#Javier Báez

This Saturday, the game's brightest prospects will gather at Dodger Stadium for the 2022 Futures Game. The Futures Game is MLB's annual showcase of the sport's best prospective big leaguers, some of whom will make their big-league debut in the second half. And you know what? Some will be traded at the deadline. That's how it has been throughout…

Javier Báez is headed to Detroit on a six-year, $140 million deal, The Athletic confirmed on Tuesday. The deal is pending a physical. Báez, who turns 29 Dec. 1, will be the third on the list of top free-agent shortstops to sign in the last few days, with both Marcus Semien (seven years, $175 million) and Corey Seager (10 years, $325 million)…

The Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers will begin their 2022 season at Comerica Park on Friday, April 8. The visiting White Sox are coming off a division title and will be trying to consecutive flags for the first time in franchise history. As for the Tigers, they're ready to emerge from a rebuilding phase, and they aim to contend in 2022. This…

BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything else you need to get off your chest, as long as it is within the rules of the site. The late-nighters are encouraged to get the party started, but everyone else is invited to join in as you wake up the next morning and into the afternoon. Last night I asked you if the…

On March 31, 2019, Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Elvis Luciano became the first player born in the 2000s to reach the big leagues. In the years since, a wave of talented young players who weren't even born when Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire were chasing down Roger Maris during the 1998 season has descended on Major League Baseball. 2022 Rookie of…

For the second successive offseason, the shortstop market in free agency is absolutely stacked, with Trea Turner joined by Xander Bogaerts and Carlos Correa after they both opted out of their contracts. With all due respect to Dansby Swanson, those three are in another tier based on their overall tools, past production and expected earning power,…

MESA, Ariz. -- There is a lot of talk around the Cubs about striking that balance between contending now and building for the future. Manager David Ross has a more direct take on his goal for the coming campaign. "Winning. Making the playoffs. Getting to the World Series," Ross said at the start of Spring Training. "We're never going to stop…

This is likely to be the last year where we have to see our divisional rivals 19 times a season, with the 2023 season promising to see more diversity in match-ups with every team facing each other at least once every year. Still 2022 is a classic year where we'll be seeing a lot of our four divisional rivals, so we figured for the first clash…

Believe it or not, the Detroit Lions' 29-0 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday actually lessened their chances of ending the season with a historically inept defense. Prior to Sunday, the Lions were averaging 35.25 points allowed per game but have since dropped that number to 34 - and still, that would be an NFL record, if the season ended…

And so another Detroit Tigers season comes to a close. This wraps up the fourth season we've been doing this newsletter and, well, we certainly can't say there's been a pattern. 2019, with its mere 47 wins (and the very real shot at the AL loss record), was just a six-month dumpster fire. (Though that might be unkind to dumpster fires, which at…

Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners Date: Monday October 3rd, 09:40 ET Location: T-Mobile Park TV: ROOTNW Money Line: Tigers+200 / Mariners -245 Total Line: 7 Detroit: Bryan Garcia (1-0, 3.29) Seattle: George Kirby (8-4, 3.21) Harold Castro 2B Jeimer Candelario 3B Spencer Torkelson 1B Victor Reyes RF Eric Haase C Javier Báez SS Miguel Cabrera…

With a little less than 10 percent of the 2022 MLB regular season still to come, how are those preseason win totals looking? For more than half the 30 teams, either the over has already cashed or they have been so much worse than anticipated that even a 15-game winning streak to the finish line wouldn't be enough to reach their preseason…

The Detroit Tigers made the move to call up shortstop Ryan Kreidler. It was part of their September call-ups as rosters expanded. He's had an injury-riddled season, but the Tigers want to see what he can do. There is plenty for Ryan Kreidler to prove during his first stint with the Detroit Tigers. So far, he is off to a great start. The youngster…