Javier Báez Net worth: age, wife, children, biography

July 2, 2022

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Javier Baez is worth more than $10 million. The Puerto Rican American’s main source of income is professional baseball.

Javier Báez is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He was born on December 1, 1992. (MLB). He was previously with the Chicago Cubs.

Javier Báez was born on December 1, 1992, in Puerto Rico. Báez, his mother, and siblings, two brothers and a sister, migrated to Florida in 2005.

His sister, Noely, needed to relocate in order to receive medical treatment for her spina bifida illness.

Name	Javier Báez
Date of Birth	December 1, 1992
Age	29 years (2021)
Net worth	$10 million
Height	1.83 m
Weight	86 kg
Profession	Baseball Player
Wife	Irmarie Márquez
Nationality	American, Puerto Rican
Son	Adrián Javier Báez Márquez

Javier Baez Education

In Jacksonville, Florida, Báez attended high school. In Jacksonville, Florida, Báez went to Arlington Country Day School (ACD). Ron Dickerson, his ACD coach, said that scouts were initially underwhelmed by him, recognizing his potential but doubting his ability to become a star.

Javier Báez Net worth

Dickerson noted that Báez’s work ethic was crucial in establishing him as a viable candidate.

Because he couldn’t speak or understand English fluently as a middle school student, it took time for Báez to adjust.

Báez eventually learnt the language through trial and error over a three-year period, memorizing words before understanding their meaning.

He is committed to play baseball for Jacksonville University in college.

Javier Baez Career

He began his professional career as a shortstop for the Arizona Cubs of the Rookie-level Arizona League, appearing in three games and recording three hits, two doubles, and two stolen bases in 12 at-bats.

The Leones de Ponce selected him third overall in the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC) rookie selection in 2011, but he did not participate because to the Cubs’ constraints.

Baez was traded to the New York Mets on July 30, 2021, along with Trevor Williams and monetary considerations, for Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Baéz won a silver medal with the Puerto Rican national team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Báez hit.296 with one home run, five RBIs, and four stolen bases, which led the tournament. He was named to the 2017 All-World Baseball Classic squad following the tournament’s end.