On Tuesday night, Javier Baez circled the bases after hitting a walk off two run homer to give the Detroit Tigers a 10- 9 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park, savoring his first multi home run game as a Tiger and the second walk off blast of his career. As he jumped on home plate, ambushed by his team mates, setting off the latest euphoric ending for the Detroit team, one thing was clear to all who were watching. Javy was back and it’s a wonderful thing in Tiger land.
When the Detroit Tigers signed Baez to a six year, $140 million contract before the 2022 baseball season, expectations were that he would hit a whole lot better than the production that they got from the two time former All Star in his first three seasons in Detroit.