Yahoo Sports· 1h ago· 1 min read
Detroit — Barring any unforeseen, last-second snag, Javier Báez is back.
“I’m anticipating him being available to us today in the big leagues,” manager AJ Hinch said on his weekly segment on MLB Radio.
Báez, 33, hasn’t played since severely spraining his ankle ducking and half-sliding trying to avoid a tag at first base in the Tigers’ 5-2 loss at Atlanta on April 28 .
“I don’t know how I didn’t break it,” Báez said that night after preliminary imaging showed no fracture.
But it was a high-ankle sprain and the recovery process was slow. After having to be shut down from baseball activity for a stretch last month, he’s been on a fast track back. He made two rehab starts at Low-A Lakeland before being transferred to Triple-A Toledo over the weekend.
All he did there was go 5 for 8 with three doubles in two games, playing six innings at shortstop and six innings in center field.
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