WASHINGTON — Jung Ho Kang reported to the Pirates’ spring training facility in Bradenton, Fla., manager Clint Hurdle said Tuesday, and began the process of receiving his physical exams.
Kang returned to the United States last week after receiving a waiver that granted him a work visa following more than a year during which a DUI arrest prevented him from obtaining one.
“There will be on-field activity, may have already started,” Hurdle said. “The process is to get him a complete — as complete as we can within 30 days — major league spring training. That’s being mapped out as we speak.