'Starting for the first time in a long time' Bae Ji-hwan succeeded in staying in the Major Camp after breaking 2G consecutive hits without hitting
'Starting for the first time in a long time' Bae Ji-hwan succeeded in staying in the Major Camp after breaking 2G consecutive hits without hitting
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Bae Ji-hwan (25) of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who was on the starting list for the exhibition game after four games, hit two doubles and displayed stellar performance. After the game, Bae was excluded from the list of his team's relocation to the Minor League, which allowed him to continue the race for the MLB roster.
Bae Ji-hwan started as the first batter-center fielder in the 2025 MLB exhibition game against the New York Yankees at Lecombe Park in Bradenton, Florida on the 12th (Korea Standard Time) and scored two hits (two doubles) and one RBI and two runs in four at-bats.
He has been on the starting list for the first time in a long time. Since starting the game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, Bae started the game on the bench for three games. He missed the game on Sunday, and had no hits in five times at bat as a substitute in games on Wednesday and Thursday. His batting average of 0.615 (eight hits in 13 times at bat), one homer, one RBI, two stolen bases, and OPS 1.566 until Sunday, but his performance was dampened.
Bae Ji-hwan, who grounded out to the first base at his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, reported a double at his second at-bat in the bottom of the third inning with his team leading 1-0. A fast ground ball of 102.2 miles (about 164.5 kilometers) per hour was deflected off the glove of the opponent shortstop Anthony Volpi, and in the meantime, Bae Ji-hwan, a fast-footed player, penetrated to the second base. O'Neill Cruz hit a three-run home run well over the right fence in the first and second bases with one out made by Adam Frazier's walk, bringing runners home.
Bae Ji-hwan doubled a ball that could be a normal hit in the next at-bat.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, with runners on the first and second bases with one out, he pulled the opponent pitcher Sean Boyle's 91.2 mph (146.7 km) sinker and sent the ball to the right-center field. The right fielder cut the ball in the middle and threw it to the infield, but Bae almost reached the second base, and during that time, the runner on the second base stepped on the home base to score an additional point. Bae also dug home on Frazier's double, the next batter, and scored a run. 메이저사이트
Bae took the batter's box for the fourth time in the bottom of the fifth inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases, and he hit a grounder toward the shortstop, and only the runner on the first base was forced out from the second base. Bae finished the game by replacing Jeong Zong-er, a big-time hitter, in the very next inning. He has a batting average of 0.455 (10 hits in 22 at-bats) with one homer, three RBIs, six runs and two steals, and an OPS of 1.205.
Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced on the day that they have redeployed six players including Jung Zonger, who was deployed as a backup for Bae Ji-hwan, to Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, and six players including pitcher Isaac Matson to the Minor League Spring camp. Currently, 50 players remain in the Pittsburgh Major Camp.