Pirates Win Bid on Korean SS Kang

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The Pirates have won the bidding for Korean infielder Jung-ho Kang, tweets Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The amount of the winning bid has yet to be reported, but Kangs former club, the Nexen Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization, will reportedly accept the bid.

Kang, 28 in April, put together an exceptional season in Korea in 2014, .356/.459/.739 with 40 home runs in 117 games between the regular season and the playoffs. Kangs Heroes reached the Korea Series (KBOs Championship series) but fell to the Samsung Lions four games to two.

Kang is reportedly seeking $5-6MM annually on a multi-year deal, which isnt an exorbitant price but also would be a costly miss for a payroll-conscious club like the Pirates in the event that Kang cannot be a productive player in the bigs.

 

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