CHICAGO -- Joshua Baez smashed the first pitch he saw in the majors about 450 feet then flashed a grin to the St. Louis Cardinals dugout as he began his home run trot. "There was a calmness and a ...

You can't have a better start to your career than Joshua Báez. Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field, the St. Louis Cardinals left fielder became the first player in major league history to hit three ...

In his first-ever MLB game, Joshua Baez did something no baseball player has ever done.

Báez, the Cardinals' No. 3 prospect, was called up from Triple-A Memphis on Friday and put into the starting lineup on Saturday.

Joshua Báez spent five years working toward his first Major League at-bat. He needed one pitch to make it unforgettable. Then ...

St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Joshua Báez called his MLB debut "unreal" as he made history Saturday at Wrigley Field.

Joshua Báez became the first player in history to hit three home runs in his MLB debut Saturday in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 8-4 win against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Joshua Báez had arguably the best debut in baseball history on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. He went 3 for 4 with three home runs, all in his first three at-bats, ...

Báez became the first player in league history to hit three homers during his debut, according to MLB’s Sarah Langs, and he provided the boost the Cardinals expected when they brought up the ...

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It was the kind of epic game that more will claim to have attended than actually did. Cardinals rookie Joshua Baez had the greatest-ever major-league debut by a hitter. Period.

Cardinals rookie outfielder Joshua Baez made MLB history by becoming the first player to hit three home runs in his big league debut.