CLEVELAND — Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez shared a close relationship with his maternal grandfather, Isaías Agosto Huertas.
His grandfather died Aug. 5 at age 83.
The Tigers placed Báez on the bereavement list Aug. 13 — allowing him to travel to Puerto Rico to be with his loved ones for funeral and burial services — and reinstated him before the second game of Friday's doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians. He missed four games.
"Just seeing them and being able to hug them and tell them that we're there for them, that's huge for everybody," Báez said Saturday.