Pittsburgh Bae Ji-hwan made a call-up success after a hard time, and returned to MLB in 115 days, one walk and one score
Sep 08, 2025
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Outfielder Bae Ji-hwan of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Major League Baseball has been called back to the big leagues for the first time in about four months. However, he started from his return game, but failed to record a hit.
Bae Ji-hwan started in the 9th left field in the home game against the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on the morning of the 8th (Korea time). Ahead of the game, the Pittsburgh club sent Ryan Kreidler, a utility agent who can play both inside and outside, to Triple-A in the minor league, and instead called up a similar type of badge.
It was Bae Ji-hwan's second big league call-up this year. Bae Ji-hwan was included in the opening entry after a good performance in this year's spring camp, but was notified of his trip to the minor league in two games. The Pittsburgh club then called Bae Ji-hwan back to the Major League on May 10, but this time he played in only five games and sent him back to Triple-A Indianapolis Indians on May 17, a week later.
Since then, Bae Ji-hwan has been desperate in the minor leagues and waited for his second call-up. But the opportunity rarely came. Competitors with similar performances continued to be shunned when they were called up to the major league stage in the second half of the season, and they were not called by the big leagues when the major league entry was expanded in September.
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However, his return game performance was not very good. Milwaukee starter Jacob Misorowski continued to pitch so well that he overwhelmed Pittsburgh's batters, including Bae Ji-hwan. While striking out eight in seven innings, Misorowski allowed only three hits and two walks, allowing one run (one earned run) to earn his fifth win (two losses) of the season. Pittsburgh lost 2-10.
Bae Ji-hwan entered his first at-bat in the bottom of the second inning with two outs and a runner on first base. He hit an outside changeup (95.6 miles) on the third pitch on the ball count 2S. The ball was deflected off Misorowski's glove, but the front runner was forced out of the second base as he rolled in front of the second baseman.
Bae Ji-hwan then struck out swinging on a curve that fell low from the ball count 1B2S in his second at-bat after one out in the bottom of the fifth inning when he was trailing 1-9.
Bae Ji-hwan, who failed to get on base for two consecutive at-bats, achieved both on-base and scoring at the same time in his third at-bat after one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Bae Ji-hwan, who met the changed pitcher Joel Payamps, walked after a full count. He then scored his team's second run on the day when pinch hitter Cam Divany, who came out as a follow-up hitter, homered on a timely double to the left. However, it did not have a significant impact on the game.
Bae Ji-hwan's batting average for the Major League season fell further to 0.077 (one hit in 13 times at bat) with no hits, one walk and one score in two times at bat on the day. He only played 13 times at bat, so it doesn't mean much. However, as he is called up for the second time, he seems to have to quickly prove his value for next season.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
