2023 Stats
AVG
.226
HR
3
RBI
27
R
20
SB
3
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Everyone remembers the infamous ceremonial first pitch by 50-Cent years ago, yes? Baez absolutely would have swung at that pitch in 2022. The first year Tiger led the league with a 49% out of zone swing rate last season chasing anything and everything thrown toward home plate and only Luke Voit had a worse swinging strike rate baseball last season. Perhaps the pressures of a big free agent in a new home fell upon him as this was easily the worst season of his career as he struggled to adjust to the spaciousness of Comerica Park after so many years in the Friendly Comfines in Chicago as he hit .220 with 7 homers at home compared to .253 with 10 homers on the road this past season. Despite his lack of selectiveness, he did surprisingly well with runners in scoring position hitting .296 with a .496 slugging percentage which allowed him to drive in 47 of his 67 RBIs on the season.However, a .212 average with a .260 OBP with the bases empty, which they often were in Detroit, impacted his abilities to score runs and steal bases. The second year rebound many free agents have seen should come into play here with Baez as he reduces his impulse to swing his way out of his struggles. He has never been the most disciplined hitter, but 2022 was as bad as we have ever seen from him and not the new reality. Read Past Outlooks

Tallies two hits in loss
Baez went 2-for-4 with a triple in Friday's 3-0 loss to the White Sox.
ANALYSIS
The Tigers had only six hits as a team and just two extra-base hits. It was a good effort all the same for Baez, who has struggled to get going this season. The shortstop has a .565 OPS over his last 10 games and just a .599 OPS for the year, which is well below his career .757 mark. He could still get hot at some point, but fantasy managers can't be blamed for turning to other middle infield options.
The Tigers had only six hits as a team and just two extra-base hits. It was a good effort all the same for Baez, who has struggled to get going this season. The shortstop has a .565 OPS over his last 10 games and just a .599 OPS for the year, which is well below his career .757 mark. He could still get hot at some point, but fantasy managers can't be blamed for turning to other middle infield options.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
+26%
OPS vs LHP
2023
+17%
OPS vs LHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .847 | 339 | 16 | 49 | .285 | ||||
Since 2021vs Right | .670 | 1019 | 35 | 132 | .234 | ||||
2023vs Left | .664 | 51 | 2 | 4 | .217 | ||||
2023vs Right | .566 | 171 | 1 | 23 | .228 | ||||
2022vs Left | .834 | 144 | 5 | 24 | .301 | ||||
2022vs Right | .618 | 446 | 12 | 43 | .217 | ||||
2021vs Left | .926 | 144 | 9 | 21 | .291 | ||||
2021vs Right | .773 | 402 | 22 | 66 | .256 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
+5%
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+8%
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Since 2021Home | .696 | 651 | 28 | 91 | .238 | ||||
Since 2021Away | .730 | 707 | 23 | 90 | .255 | ||||
2023Home | .564 | 108 | 2 | 18 | .216 | ||||
2023Away | .610 | 114 | 1 | 9 | .236 | ||||
2022Home | .603 | 275 | 7 | 26 | .220 | ||||
2022Away | .729 | 315 | 10 | 41 | .253 | ||||
2021Home | .845 | 268 | 19 | 47 | .266 | ||||
2021Away | .781 | 278 | 12 | 40 | .264 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Javier Baez compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.20BB Rate
4.1%K Rate
19.8%BABIP
.272ISO
.091AVG
.226OBP
.270SLG
.317OPS
.588wOBA
.263Exit Velocity
87.0 mphHard Hit Rate
24.2%Barrels/PA
2.2%Expected BA
.233Expected SLG
.335Sprint Speed
23.8 ft/secGround Ball %
47.9%Line Drive %
18.2%Fly Ball %
33.9%Advanced Batting Stats
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Baez's skill set is prone to volatility in small samples, and we saw that in 2020 with the middle infielder bottoming out at .203/.238/.360 in the abbreviated campaign. He is not particularly interested in taking a walk (career 4.8 BB%) and Baez can safely be described as a free swinger (career 29.3 K%). He rebounded in 2021, particularly after a deadline move to the Mets, although there were the usual peaks and valleys. The Tigers decided Baez's volatility and low-OBPs ways could be forgiven and brought the shortstop in on a six-year, $140 million deal to spearhead the rebuild. Baez played enough at second base opposite Francisco Lindor following the move to New York to retain multi-position eligibility in 2022, and both Baez and manager A.J. Hinch showed a willingness to run last season. Baez is less palatable in OBP leagues, but standard roto players should be happy to add Baez as a fourth- or fifth-round building block.
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Heads to bench
Baez will sit Saturday against the White Sox.
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Three hits in win
Baez went 3-for-6 with a double, a run scored and three RBI in Monday's 8-5 win over the Royals in 10 innings.
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Two hits in win
Baez went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in Wednesday's win over the Guardians.
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Logs third steal
Baez went 0-for-5 with a steal in Tuesday's 2-0 loss to the Guardians.
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Goes yard again
Baez went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Friday's 5-4 win over the Cardinals.
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