"Bae Ji-hwan's future is not bright," he criticized, and changed his posture in two weeks. "I'm so good at playing, so of course I should go to ML."

"Bae Ji-hwan's future is not bright," he criticized, and changed his posture in two weeks. "I'm so good at playing, so of course I should go to ML."

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Bae Ji-hwan (26) of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who has been active in exhibition games of the Major League Baseball, even changed the mind of a reporter who was skeptical about his position.

Noah Hiles, a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, praised Bae on his SNS account on the 20th (Korea time), saying, "I think Bae will join the Major League. He is making a strong hit in this spring camp."

As of Tuesday, Bae has played in 17 exhibition games this year, posting a batting average of 0.444 (16 hits in 36 times at bat), one homer, four RBIs and 12 runs scored, three steals, and an on-base percentage of 0.474 with 0.694, and an OPS of 1.168. At the game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday, he had two hits, one RBI and one run from three times at bat, including two doubles.
Bae has many strong points in many ways. He can play various positions including second baseman, shortstop, and outfielder with fast feet capable of stealing more than 20 bases in a season. However, he did not have much performance in batting, as he posted a batting average of 0.231 during his three seasons in the big league and 0.189 last year.

There was also a skeptical reaction to Bae Ji-hwan. Reporter Hiles was one of them. He had a time to answer fans' questions on the 7th, and when he said, "Please tell me how Bae Ji-hwan, Jason Delay, and Reover Peguero will perform in Pittsburgh," he responded, "Their future is not bright."

Reporter Hiles said of Bae Ji-hwan, "I have excellent athletic ability, but I'm skeptical that it can come out at the major league level," adding, "There's a lot of talent, but there's still a lot to show at-bats and defense."

In just two weeks, however, he said he should join the Major League. "It's getting harder and harder to skip Bae Ji-hwan, who has shown good batting performance at exhibition games this year," Hiles said. "I think he gets on base almost every time."

Bae Ji-hwan, who made his Major League debut with Pittsburgh in 2022, showed his presence by receiving many opportunities the following year. He played in 111 games in 2023 and posted a batting average of 0.231 (77 hits in 334 times at bat), two homers, 32 RBIs, 54 runs and 24 steals, with an OPS of 0.608. He had remained silent in batting since the middle of the season, but showed his strengths by scoring 20 steals of the Korean big leaguer for the first time in 10 years since Choo Shin-soo (current SSG owner's assistant).

However, Bae lost his roster twice last year due to injury, and suffered a humiliating three times as he went down to the Minor League due to sluggishness. 카지노 Having played in just 29 games this season, Bae has shown no performance in the 2023 season with a batting average of 0.189, 0 homers, 6 steals, and 0.463 OPS.

Despite his stellar performance at exhibition games, it is still unclear whether he will join the opening entry of the big league. Pittsburgh Baseball Now, which mainly deals with news on Pittsburgh, claimed that it is highly anticipated that Zack Schwinski will play at the batter's box rather than Bae Ji-hwan. However, media outlets soon after said that it would be difficult to dismiss Bae as a minor league given his stellar performance in the Graffroot League (demonstration game).