Sandy Baez had a rather wild 2018 season, full of highs and lows. On the one hand, he made a memorable major league debut against the New York Yankees back on June 4th, tossing 4 1⁄3 scoreless innings. On the other, the big right-hander struggled with his command again, and by season’s end the Tigers had finally made the decision to convert him to relief. Even worse, that transition went quite poorly.
While that move was long foreseen, it was a disappointment for those who’ve held Baez as something of an under-the-radar favorite in the Tigers’ system over the past few years.