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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Bae's 2024 season was derailed by hip and wrist injuries that kept him sidelined for significant portions of the first half of the campaign. By that time, a combination of Nick Gonzales and Jared Triolo had established themselves as the primary contributors at second base in Pittsburgh, causing Bae to see the majority of his plate appearances in the minors. Gonzales likely did enough to establish him as the starter at the position to begin the 2025 season, while Oneil Cruz's shift to center field closed Bae's obvious paths to playing time. If he does find plate appearances, the skills evaluation for Bae is fairly straightforward. He has excellent speed and is capable of racking up stolen bases quickly, though the rest of his skills profile is mostly empty. Read Past Outlooks
Checks back into spring lineup
Bae (hand) will start in left field and bat leadoff in Tuesday's Grapefruit League game against the Red Sox.
ANALYSIS
Bae jammed the ring finger on his right hand when he was picked off while sliding back into third base during Sunday's game against the Tigers, but he needed just one day off to heal up from the injury. With Tommy Pham, Oneil Cruz and Bryan Reynolds expected to form Pittsburgh's preferred starting outfield trio from left to right heading into Opening Day, Bae is competing with Billy Cook, Jack Suwinski, Joshua Palacios, DJ Stewart and Nick Solak for one or two reserve outfielder roles this spring. The 25-year-old Bae's elite speed could make him a useful asset off the bench, though the fact that he has two minor-league options remaining could compel the Pirates to send him to Triple-A Indianapolis to begin the season so he can receive steady at-bats.
Bae jammed the ring finger on his right hand when he was picked off while sliding back into third base during Sunday's game against the Tigers, but he needed just one day off to heal up from the injury. With Tommy Pham, Oneil Cruz and Bryan Reynolds expected to form Pittsburgh's preferred starting outfield trio from left to right heading into Opening Day, Bae is competing with Billy Cook, Jack Suwinski, Joshua Palacios, DJ Stewart and Nick Solak for one or two reserve outfielder roles this spring. The 25-year-old Bae's elite speed could make him a useful asset off the bench, though the fact that he has two minor-league options remaining could compel the Pirates to send him to Triple-A Indianapolis to begin the season so he can receive steady at-bats.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
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| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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| Since 2023vs Left | .585 | 120 | 0 | 8 | .261 | ||||
| Since 2023vs Right | .580 | 332 | 2 | 30 | .209 | ||||
| 2025vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024vs Left | .286 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .143 | ||||
| 2024vs Right | .481 | 74 | 0 | 6 | .194 | ||||
| 2023vs Left | .604 | 113 | 0 | 8 | .269 | ||||
| 2023vs Right | .609 | 258 | 2 | 24 | .213 | ||||
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| Since 2023Home | .559 | 219 | 1 | 22 | .206 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | .602 | 233 | 1 | 16 | .238 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Home | .456 | 46 | 0 | 5 | .171 | ||||
| 2024Away | .471 | 35 | 0 | 1 | .212 | ||||
| 2023Home | .587 | 173 | 1 | 17 | .216 | ||||
| 2023Away | .625 | 198 | 1 | 15 | .243 | ||||
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Bae began the 2023 season as a regular in the Pirates' lineup by serving in a strong-side platoon role, albeit split between second base and center field. Even after missing one and a half months with an ankle injury, Bae ended the season with 24 stolen bases - a useful haul even in the new offensive environment in which steals are more prevalent. From there, however, there's little positive to point to. Bae posted just a .081 ISO and had a putrid barrel rate of 2.0 percent and an average launch angle of 1.1 degrees. It would still be possible to salvage that profile with strong plate discipline, yet Bae struck out at nearly a 25 percent clip which to a .296 on-base percentage. Not a strong defensive second baseman (-6 DRS), Bae's future role in Pittsburgh is unclear heading into 2024 as he'll be competing with Liover Peguero, Nick Gonzales and Jack Suwinski for playing time, all of whom are almost certain to prioritized ahead of him. For fantasy purposes, he's best suited as a streaming option for stolen bases in most formats.
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Dealing with minor hand issue
Bae suffered a hand injury during Sunday's spring game against the Tigers, but manager Derek Shelton downplayed the injury, Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
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Heading to minors
Bae was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.comreports.
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Taking seat against righty
Bae is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Reds.
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On bench against lefty
Bae is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rangers.
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Playing time trending down
Bae is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Padres.
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Questionable future in Pittsburgh?
Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette speculated that Bae doesn't have a clear future with the Pirates in the long term.
ANALYSIS
The 25-year-old was called up from Triple-A Indianapolis in late July but has struggled to make an offensive impact with a .477 OPS in 10 games. Bae has been productive for Indianapolis this season with a .355/.434/.497 slash line in 213 plate appearances, but he's been unable to carry over that success to the majors. A trade during the offseason is possible as he heads into his final year of pre-arbitration in 2025.
The 25-year-old was called up from Triple-A Indianapolis in late July but has struggled to make an offensive impact with a .477 OPS in 10 games. Bae has been productive for Indianapolis this season with a .355/.434/.497 slash line in 213 plate appearances, but he's been unable to carry over that success to the majors. A trade during the offseason is possible as he heads into his final year of pre-arbitration in 2025.