Kang to (hopefully) play winter ball

IABucFan · Post by **IABucFan** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:31 pm

Seems to make sense to me. Can't get him a US visa. See if you can get him one to the Dominican Republic. Thoughts? Personally, I think Kang is done. I doubt he ever plays MLB again. Hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it.

DemDog · Post by **DemDog** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:18 pm

Nutting wants to really screw the Bucco fans here in the Burgh he just moves all the home games to the Dominican Republic and lets Kang play those games. As for road games, hey, we have Freese, JHay, Serpico and a whole bunch of other guys who can at least take the field sober here in the states.

BenM · Post by **BenM** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:44 pm

At this point, I doubt Kang gets a US work visa before his probation in Korea ends. Spring 2019.

SCBucco · Post by **SCBucco** » Sat Aug 26, 2017 2:44 am

5A7D7655180 wrote: At this point, I doubt Kang gets a US work visa before his probation in Korea ends. Spring 2019.

Agree with this. I think the Pirates believe this too with the reacquisition of SRod. Otherwise, why bring him back?

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:20 pm

Jeeho Yoo‏ @Jeeho_1 50m50 minutes ago

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So #Pirates Jung Ho Kang will play in the Dominican Winter League. If you're wondering, Koreans can stay in DR without visa for 90 days

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:29 pm

I thought he wasn't allowed to leave Korea while on probation. Was it really a United States ban?

Anyway, this is good news.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:32 pm

4249414D4849521711665F474E4949084549260 wrote: I thought he wasn't allowed to leave Korea while on probation. Was it really a United States ban?

Anyway, this is good news.

he could not get a visa from the US government.

PMike · Post by **PMike** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:31 pm

Maybe they should try and trade him to Toronto...

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:37 pm

74694D4F41240 wrote: Maybe they should try and trade him to Toronto...
Just for the home games of course.

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:32 pm

173A37262130276764550 wrote: Maybe they should try and trade him to Toronto...
Just for the home games of course.

Seriously, might be worth it. Would a team be willing to go with 24 players for 81 games? Toronto does have a pretty good 3B.