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DETROIT, MICHIGAN - SEPTEMBER 16: Javier Báez #28 of the Detroit Tigers heads to the dugout after the first inning while playing the Cleveland Guardians at Comerica Park on September 16, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
On Saturday, the Detroit Tigers will continue their series with the Texas Rangers (at home) in Michigan.
They are coming off a 5-4 loss (on Friday).
The team has been playing without Javier Báez since getting hurt on April 28.
Tigers PR wrote (on April 29): “The Tigers today placed RHP Casey Mize on the 15-day injured list with a right adductor strain and placed INF Javier Báez on the 10-day injured list with a right ankle sprain. LHP Enmanuel DeJesus and INF Jace Jung have been recalled from Triple-A Toledo.”
The Tigers today placed RHP Casey Mize on the 15-day injured list with a right adductor strain and placed INF Javier Báez on the 10-day injured list with a right ankle sprain. LHP Enmanuel DeJesus and INF Jace Jung have been recalled from Triple-A Toledo.
Detroit Tigers Announce Latest Javier Báez News
GettyJavier Baez #28 of the Detroit Tigers is driven off the field in a cart after sustaining an injury during the fifth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on April 28, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.
On May, the Tigers announced the latest update on Báez.
The Tigers wrote (via their medical update): “(right ankle sprain) is completing rehab daily.”
According to MLB.com, Báez is supposed to return on May 9.
While it’s a small update, the news that he is already rehabbing is a good sign that he can return quickly.
The 33-year-old is currently batting .256 with 2o hits, two home runs, six RBI’s, ten runs and one stolen base in 24 games.
Ben Stinar Ben Stinar has been covering the NBA for over seven years. He has written for OnSI, Forbes, Amico Hoops, The Big Lead and had a podcast with former All-Star Jameer Nelson. More about Ben Stinar