Soggy bread again, but no setbacks. Choi Ji-Man (33-New York Mets) has announced his prospects for a major league call-up after hitting back-to-back home runs at Triple-A.
Choi, who plays for the New York Mets’ Triple-A Syracuse Mets minor league affiliate, went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, two RBIs and two runs scored while starting in the No. 5 spot in the lineup against the 2024 Minor League Columbus Clippers of the Cleveland Indians at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse, N.Y., on Thursday. It was a big game in the team’s 6-3 win.
After being retired on a fielder’s choice in his first at-bat in the second inning, Choi broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the fourth inning with a solo home run off Jung-Wol Woo. After watching Connor Gillispie’s first-pitch strike, Choi took the second pitch, a 91.1-mph (146-kilometer) fastball, over the fence for his biggest home run of the season. It was the game-winning hit.
Choi’s bat didn’t stop there. With the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth inning, Choi completed his hitting streak with a solo home run. 안전놀이터 With 1B-0S, he took Gillispie’s two-seam low 86.6-mph (139-kilometer) changeup over the right-field wall.
Choi ended his at-bat with a strikeout with two outs in the eighth inning with a 6-3 lead.
With his second home run in four games, Choi improved his season batting average from 1.663 to 1.931.
Syracuse defeated Columbus, 6-3, behind Choi’s multi-homer performance.
Choi signed a split contract with the New York Mets in February to attend Major League Baseball spring training. The deal was worth a total of $3.5 million (approximately 4.7 billion won) for one year, including a performance bonus if he makes the Opening Day roster.
“Choi accepted the split contract because he can make the opening day roster if he shows himself healthy in spring training,” said Choi’s agency, GSM, explaining that “he had a similar major league offer ($1 million per year) to Jurickson Profar, who recently re-signed with San Diego, but many teams wanted him to sign a split contract because he didn’t play many games last year due to injury, so he only needed to show himself ‘healthy.
Ji-man graduated from Dongsan High School in Incheon, South Korea, and signed with the Seattle Mariners in 2010, where he spent more than five years in the minor leagues.
Choi made his major league debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2016 and played 54 games for the Los Angeles Angels. He went on to play for the New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, and eventually became the full-time starting first baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays, where he was honored as the first Korean-American to play in the World Series.
In five seasons with Tampa Bay from 2018 to 2022,
Choi enjoyed a successful major league career, batting .245 with 52 home runs, 203 RBIs, 163 runs scored and a .783 OPS in 414 games. Choi’s career took a sharp turn when he was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates ahead of the 2023 season.
The problem was injuries. Elbow bone chip removal surgery at the end of 2022 was fine, 온라인카지노사이트 but a left Achilles tendon injury in mid-April knocked him out of the lineup, and he was traded to the San Diego Padres, where he suffered back-to-back injuries to his left ribs and right instep. In his pending free agency season, he had an unproductive year, batting just 1-for-6 with six home runs and 13 RBIs in 39 games.