Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez was already in the batting cage, preparing for his spring training debut, when the buses arrived at the ballpark.

The collective, pain-free, game-ready physical states of Reese Olson and Javier Báez might have been Friday’s major Tigers pluses.

When the Detroit Tigers’ buses pulled up to TD Ballpark on Friday morning, Javier Báez was already there waiting for them. Báez made his spring training debut as the designated hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays after passing all the required tests in his rehab from hip surgery.

The Blue Jays will take part in one spring training's best tradiations today when they play two games across the state of Florida in split-squad action. That double-dip of Blue Jays baseball starts this morning when they welcome the Detroit Tigers to Dunedin.