[4] General manager John Coppolella claimed that Bae was the youngest Asian baseball player to sign with the Braves in nearly two decades.

[5] By joining the Braves, Bae would have become the second player since Kwon Kwang-min [ko], who signed with the Chicago Cubs in 2015, to leave a South Korean high school directly for professional baseball in the United States.

[6][7] The New York Times reported that, although Bae had agreed to sign for $300,000, the Braves planned to pay him an additional $600,000 by reallocating money promised to other signees.

[13][14][15] The 2020 Minor League baseball season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[16] and Bae was subsequently assigned to the Altoona Curve in 2021.

[18] Bae spent most of the 2022 season with the Indianapolis Indians, where he appeared in 108 games, slashed .289/.362/.430 with 23 doubles, six triples, eight home runs and 53 RBIs.

[24] Bae began the 2024 season in the minor leagues, initially with Low-A Bradenton, on rehabilitation assignment for a muscle strain.