Sandy Báez


Sandy Báez is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers organization. He previously played in the majors for the Tigers of Major League Baseball.

Career

Báez signed with the Detroit Tigers as an international free agent in October 2011. He made his professional debut in 2012 for the DSL Tigers and spent the whole season there, going 0–3 with a 5.21 ERA in ten games. He returned there in 2013, compiling an 8–1 record and 2.05 ERA in 14 games. In 2014, he pitched for the GCL Tigers where he was 1–2 with a 3.06 ERA and 1.26 WHIP in 12 starts, and in 2015, he played with the Connecticut Tigers where he pitched to a 3–4 record and 4.13 ERA in 14 games started. He spent 2016 with the West Michigan Whitecaps where he was 7–9 with a 3.81 ERA in 21 starts.
The Tigers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season. He spent 2017 with both the Lakeland Flying Tigers and the Erie SeaWolves, compiling a combined 6–8 record and 3.92 ERA in 19 starts between the two teams. The Tigers called up Baez as the 26th man for the doubleheader against the New York Yankees on June 4, 2018. He pitched 4 scoreless innings with three walks and four strikeouts in the first game of the doubleheader and was sent back down to Erie after the second game. He was recalled by the Tigers on September 1, as a September call-up. He played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League after the 2018 regular season. In 2019, he was optioned to the Toledo Mud Hens to open the season. On August 9, 2019, Baez was released by the Tigers. Baez re-signed with the Tigers on a minor league deal on August 13.