Baez made two stellar defensive plays on Tuesday night in Chicago's 8-5 win over the Cardinals, grabbing Greg Garcia's fifth-inning grounder with his bare hand while on the run and throwing him out. Baez also snared Matt Carpenter's liner for the second out in the seventh.
"Both of them were really tough," Baez said of the plays. "I never took my eyes off the ball. I got pretty good reaction of the ball off the bat."
• Kris Bryant did not start Wednesday, a rare day off for the Cubs rookie.