Javier Báez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run on Friday against the Marlins.

Báez’s solo home run here represented half of the total runs scored and gave Tigers’ starter Keider Montero some much needed breathing room as he worked on a gem. In classic Báez fashion, he smacked a sweeper from Chris Paddack – that was both off the plate and below the zone – while lunging and still found a way to pull it over the left field fence. That’s just Javy being Javy. He’s back in a starting role for the Tigers and has made good on their faith in him. To this point, he’s started 10 of their 14 games so far. Nine have come at shortstop, this was his first in center field, and he has a .324 batting average that certainly won’t last very long.