Javier Baez Returns To Friday's Lineup
1 year agoDetroit Tigers shortstop Javier Baez (illness) has returned to the starting lineup on Friday against the visiting Houston Astros and left-hander Framber Valdez, playing shortstop and batting eighth in the order. Baez is feeling better after sitting out the team's last two games. Not much has gone right for the free-swinging infielder in 2023. He's gone 8-for-39 (.205) with a home run, a double, five RBI, 13 strikeouts, one stolen base and six runs scored in 12 games (11 starts) so far in the month of August. The 30-year-old Puerto Rican still swings and misses too much and doesn't get on base enough (.266 on-base percentage) at a premium position in fantasy. Baez has just eight home runs while driving in 53 and stealing 11 bases in his second season in Detroit.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com