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Tigers injury updates: Javier Báez shut down from baseball activities
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The Detroit Tigers shut down two of their shortstops on the injured list.
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The 33-year-old has been shut down from baseball activities after meeting with a specialist Monday, June 1, about the lack of progress in recovery from a right high ankle sprain, which he suffered April 28. (The Tigers also shut down Trey Sweeney , who has been sidelined with a right shoulder strain since spring training and needs further medical evaluation.)
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"We're still dissecting all the diagnoses and what's going on with him," manager A.J. Hinch said of Báez before Tuesday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. "He's just not progressing very quickly, and right now, rest is still part of the equation."
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Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier B‡ez (28) pours water on his face in the dugout after going from first to home on a double by teammate Kevin McGonigle (not pictured) against the Milwaukee Brewers in the fifth inning at Comerica Park in Detroit on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
The Tigers tried to start Báez's return-to-play progression.
He still felt symptoms of the high ankle sprain.
"I'm not a doctor," Hinch said, "but I understand it watching Javy go through a very slow process of the swelling and the bleeding and all the things that go on inside that type of sprain."
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How long until Báez returns to baseball activities?
The timeline is unknown.
"From what I was told, we're on the right path and everything is going well," Hinch said. "These are just really tricky. The path that we're on, we're just going to go slow. Baseball activity is going to slow down because we've got to make sure we're taking care of the symptoms."
This story will be updated.
Contact Evan Petzold at epetzold@freepress.com or follow him @EvanPetzold .
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Tigers injury updates: Javier Báez, Trey Sweeney shut down
