ST. LOUIS — Jung Ho Kang will join the Bradenton Marauders, the Pirates’ Class A affiliate, Friday to play in his first regular-season game in American professional baseball since October 2016.
Kang has worked out at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla., and played in extended spring training games since entering the United States in late April after being granted a visa.
“He’s done the work he needed to do in extended spring,” manager Clint Hurdle said. “Extended spring is the lowest level of baseball. It’s chain-link baseball. So now, we’re actually going to move up, games, competition, another uniform.