Bae Ji-hwan was promoted from Triple-A to the Pittsburgh Pirates on the 22nd and was listed in the starting lineup as the ninth batter and center fielder against the San Francisco Giants.

However, MLBTR reported the news, disparaging Bae Ji-hwan's Triple-A performance.[먹튀검증](https://www.totositenet.com/)

MLBTR first said, "Bae Ji-hwan recorded a ridiculous 0.367/0.479/0.551 line in Triple-A, which is about 72% higher than the league average based on wRC+," proving that he can play in the big leagues.

MLBTR, however, pointed out Bae's strikeout rate of 28 percent. "If Bae's BABIP (in-play batting ratio) was not 0.525, which is ridiculously high, his slash line would not have looked so strong," it said.

"Despite his spectacular Triple-A statistics, fans should temper their expectations for Bae Ji-hwan," he said.

BABIP refers to the percentage of in-play hits. In-play hits mean the exclusion of fouls, sacrifice buns, and home runs from the result of a batter hitting a pitch.

The factors that make the difference in BABIP are defense, luck, and players' abilities. If defense is high, BABIP is low.

BABIP is also affected by luck. Even a hit ball is highly likely to be out if it goes straight to the defender, and even a borrowed ball is highly likely to become a hit if it falls between defenders.

In a nutshell, MLBTR analyzed that Bae's Triple-A performance was good because of luck.

Whether MLBTR's evaluation is justified depends on how Bae Ji-hwan performs in the big leagues.

Pittsburgh called up Bae and sent pitcher Ryder Ryan down to Triple-A.

Bae started this season by putting him on the injured list. He had a hip injury during spring training.

Bae recovered from his injury and played rehabilitation games. He was in good condition.

But instead of putting Bae on the 26-man roster, Pittsburgh ordered him to go to Triple-A.

Bae hit hard in Triple-A. He ranks first in batting average and on-base percentage in the league.

Nevertheless, when the call-up was delayed, some raised a "conspiracy theory" that Pittsburgh was controlling Bae Ji-hwan's service time.

When Pittsburgh also delayed the call-up of top prospect pitcher Paul Skins, Forbes criticized, "The only reason Pittsburgh is not doing Skins' call-up seems to be to control his service time until 20230."

Pittsburgh then rushed to call up Skins.

Bae Ji-hwan was also called up after the service time "conspiracy theory" was raised.

Ryan, who went down instead of Bae Ji-hwan, is a pitcher with an ERA of three points.

Usually, when making a call-up, it is often a batter-to-batter and a pitcher-to-pitcher, but Bae Ji-hwan has become a batter-to-pitcher.