Ridiculous Colt Keith HR, Javy Baez grand slam help Tigers ruin big day for Astros

Colt Keith, bluntly, has not been good for the Tigers this season. He didn't get off to a great start, going hitless against the Dodgers on Opening Weekend, and he hasn't been able to catch fire since. Through 27 games, he was hitting .171 with a .518 OPS and has been out of the starting lineup eight times, with a three-game stretch of absence against the Padres and Orioles.

Going into the Tigers' series finale against the Astros on Wednesday, he'd only knocked in three batters and was still waiting on his first home run. He also wasn't looking great on defense since moving over to first base, and the Tigers started to DH him more heavily when he did get starts.

However, Keith (hopefully) announced his rearrival in a big way on Wednesday. Facing Astros starter AJ Blubaugh in his major league debut. The Tigers were down by one on a first-pitch, leadoff solo homer for Jeremy Peña. Riley Greene got himself onto first on a single, and then Keith came up to the plate.

He jumped on a sinker that just stayed right over the plate and absolutely crushed it, sending it into the second deck at nearly 110 MPH.

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If Tigers fans thought that was a lot, another member of the offense that fans have lost faith in (understatement) and was still waiting on his first homer of the season stepped up to the plate with a huge opportunity in the top of the third. Blubaugh had loaded the bases with two outs, and then it was Javy Báez's turn.

Absolutely no one could've called what happened next. Blubaugh threw a slider that probably would've been called for a ball, and Báez sent it into the Crawford Boxes for a grand slam.

We've all seen the memes: Báez swinging at sliders out of the zone and whiffing. But how does that saying go? A broken clock is right two times a day.

Báez has slowly been working through a redemption arc with the Tigers this season, especially after he expressed not only his willingness but excitement to move to center field to help the team cover for their myriad of outfield injuries. Still, there was no reason to believe that he was going to turn into a power hitter or actually take advantage of a moment like he did on Wednesday.

If this marks an awakening for both Keith and Báez, who mostly looked like easy outs for opposing pitchers, then everyone else is in trouble.