"Dungap"... because of minor league options in the major league

Bae Ji-hwan (Pittsburgh Pirates)' annual salary has been drastically reduced by one-tenth.
Bae Ji-hwan signed with Pittsburgh for $755,000 (1.03 billion won) in 2024 salary before the season.

However, Bae was demoted to Triple-A in the minor league on April 17.

According to Spotrac, the Major League Baseball salary was adjusted to $77,121 (KRW 105 million) before going to Triple-A.

However, if you are called up to the Major League, you will be paid under the Major League contract from that date.

Therefore, it should be called up to the big leagues as soon as possible.

Bae Ji-hwan has a batting average of 0.355 in 21 games at Triple-A. He has three home runs and an OPS of 1.005.

However, Pittsburgh continues to delay Bae's call-up.

Pittsburgh called up Nick Gonzalez, who competed with Bae Ji-hwan in Triple-A not long ago, and then called up Alika Williams, who sent to Triple-A, again a day later.

Their careers are not as good as those of Bae. Bae played 121 games in the big leagues. He has a batting average of 0.240 with a on-base percentage of 0.306. He also has 27 stolen bases.

In comparison, Gonzalez has only 37 games of experience in the big leagues. He has a batting average of 0.205 and an on-base percentage of only 0.267. He has not stolen base at all.

Gonzalez's performance in Triple-A this season was also not better than Bae.

Williams, a utility man, has experience in 61 big league games. He has a batting average of 0.211 and an on-base percentage of 0.270. He has a batting average of 0.239 and an on-base percentage of 0.271 in 15 games this season.

Pittsburgh is "passing" Bae even though he is better than them in both career and performance.

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