DETROIT -- A year ago at this time, many suggested it might be time for the Detroit Tigers to cut Javier Báez a check and move on after back-to-back terrible seasons and a potentially serious surgery.

BOSTON — They smiled and they sighed, they danced and they hugged. They freed themselves of the tension and celebrated this ridiculous ride. Somewhere in the middle of all that, as Javier Báez slapped ...

DETROIT — Javier Báez lives for the big moments. Through injuries, lagging play, criticism and everything else that can surround a baseball player throughout the course of a season, Báez is fueled by ...