Pittsburgh Pirates Bae Ji-hwan
Bae Ji-hwan (23, Pittsburgh Pirates) is recovering from a left hip flexor injury.
However, it is unclear whether the opening entry (26 players) of the American professional baseball major league will be boarded.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and MLB.com reported on the 14th (Korean time), “Bae Ji-hwan, who has not played in exhibition games for over a week, is accelerating his return,” adding, “Currently, Bae Ji-hwan is playing a catch ball and a fairly high-intensity fly to improve his quickness and agility.” “I’m doing metric training,” he said.
Pittsburgh Sports Medicine Director Todd Tomchick said, “We will reexamine Bae Ji-hwan’s physical condition within this week and decide on future training directions.”
Bae Ji-hwan, a utility player who plays in the infield and outfield, had 3 hits in 11 at-bats (batting average of 0.273) and 1 RBI in this year's exhibition game.He got 5 walks and had a very high on-base percentage of 0.500.
It seemed like the green light was given to enter the opening roster, but Bae Ji-hwan was unable to stand on the field after the game against the Toronto Blue Jays on the 6th due to injury.
Before the exhibition game began, MLB.com predicted, “Bae Ji-hwan will play second base and center field this season.”
However, Bae Ji-hwan's name was omitted from the ‘expected opening entry list' selected by MLB.com on the 13th.
MLB.com, which drew up Pittsburgh's expected roster with 13 pitchers and 13 fielders, said, “It is very difficult to decide on the 13th fielder. It would be good to select a player who can play infield defense as the 13th fielder, but Bae Ji-hwan, a utility player, is the 13th fielder.” “I was unable to play in practice for over a week due to hip pain. It may be difficult for Bae Ji-hwan to participate in the opening game,” he explained. 고스톱사이트
