Baez ready to be versatile with Cubs
Posted March 25, 2017 1:00 am
MESA, Ariz. - When Javy Baez returned from his everyday second-base role to his day job Saturday, he swore the Cubs' super-utility gig wouldn't be any less fulfilling.
Baez played second base exclusively for Puerto Rico's second-place World Baseball Classic team, but he won't have that luxury with the Cubs.
"I know I'm going to play a lot, so I'm relaxing," said Baez, who doubled, flew out to the warning track and struck out Saturday in his first spring training game since March 5. "(The WBC was) really good for me to take some real (at-bats) and to be in motion of a game.
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Cubs' Javier Baez leaps to a catch a throw from Chris Dominguez during the second inning of a spring training game against the Colorado Rockies Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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