'Oh my gosh' actually blew the last chance... 'Starting → hitless silence' Bae Ji-hwan, opening roster 'red flag'
'Oh my gosh' actually blew the last chance... 'Starting → hitless silence' Bae Ji-hwan, opening roster 'red flag'
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Bae Ji-hwan (26, Pittsburgh Pirates), who continues to compete for survival to enter the Major League Baseball (MLB) opening roster, remained hitless and left a regret.
Bae Ji-hwan started as the first hitter-left fielder at the Baltimore Orioles in the 2025 MLB exhibition game held at Recom Park in Bradenton, Florida on the 23rd (Korea Standard Time) and was silent with no hits and one strikeout in three at-bats.
Bae Ji-hwan, who was benched against the Boston Red Sox on the 22nd despite playing multi-hit (2 hits in 3 at-bats, 1 RBI, 1 run, and 1 walk) with two doubles against the Tampa Bay Rays on the 20th, took the opportunity to play as a leadoff again.
Bae Ji-hwan stepped down in vain with a groundout to the first base in two pitches in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning against Jack Eflin, the "2023 American League (AL) multiple wins king" who started in Baltimore.
Bae Ji-hwan, who took his second batter's box in the bottom of the third inning with two outs and no runners, couldn't stand the curve falling low for the fourth pitch in the 1-2 unfavorable ball count and stepped down with a weak ground ball.
Bae Ji-hwan, who was the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the sixth inning, was caught in an 0-2 unfavorable count with left-hander fireballer Lionel Perez due to foul tip and swing. After picking up the ball for two consecutive pitches, he had the cutter concentrated in the middle of the strike zone, but the timing was lost and he struck out swinging.
His fourth at-bat did not come back. Bae finished the game by replacing Aaron McKeesun when he was in defense at the top of the eighth inning. Bae had no hit but his batting average at exhibition games fell from 0.444 to 0.410.
Bae, who had a batting average of 0.189 with six RBIs and 0.463 in 29 games last year when he was in the third year of the big league, is fiercely competing to enter the opening roster of this exhibition game. Amidst various opportunities to play in the exhibition game, he is showing off his strength with a batting average of 0.410 (16 hits in 39 at-bats), one homer, four RBIs, and three steals with an OPS of 1.080, but the outlook is not so bright. MLB.com , the official website of the Major League, predicts that Bae will not be included, predicting that the 26-man roster of the Pittsburgh Pirates will be open.
While Pittsburgh sent its players down to the Minor League several times during exhibition games, Bae successfully survived. However, there are only two exhibition games left. Will Bae, who lost his chance to start the game without a hit, be able to make his name on the opening roster. 스포츠토토