Others try clever means, such as employing the hidden ball trick, the completely legal method of tricking and eliminating runners. Then, there is the blatant violation, defined as the act of committing a clearly illegal play in plain sight with the intention of avoiding a certain outcome,

It was inevitable that, sooner or later, either Javier Báez or Trey Sweeney was going to get reps at third base.

Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch put Javier Báez in the starting lineup as the third baseman for Thursday's game against the Rays in spring training.