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Jung Ho Kang Gets A Visa, Will Return To The Pirates Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang, who’s been out of MLB since 2016 due to multiple DUI arrests in his native Korea, has been granted a work visa by the U.S. government and will return to his old team, the Pirates announced today. A since-deleted tweet from an immigration attorney appears to show t...

Pirates GM Says Jung Ho Kang Probably Won't Be Coming Back To The StatesPirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang might never come back to Major League Baseball as he still can’t get a work visa after admitting guilt and receiving a deferred prison sentence for a 2016 DUI in South Korea, Pirates GM Neal Huntington told MLB.com Sunday. Kang has been charged with three DUIs in K...

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Report: Jung Ho Kang Denied Visa, In Doubt To Make 2017 Season

Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang has reportedly been denied a visa to the United States, according to Korean news outlet KBS. Kang has missed all of spring training at this point, and is now questionable to make it to the states for the 2017 season....

Pirates Place Jung Ho Kang On Restricted List As He Awaits Visa After DUI Case

The Pirates have placed third baseman Jung Ho Kang on the restricted list a week after he received a suspended prison sentence for his third DUI in seven years in South Korea....

Pirates 3B Jung Ho Kang Receives Eight-Month Suspended Prison Sentence In DUI Case 

Last month, Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang admitted to driving under the influence in a December incident in which he ran a rental car into a guardrail, then fled the scene. Kang received his sentence today from Seoul Central District Court, which handed down an eight-month sentence. The sentenc...

Jung Ho Kang Admits To Third DUI Since 2009

Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang admitted in a court in Seoul, South Korea yesterday that he was guilty of a DUI following a December 2016 arrest after driving a rental BMW into a median in the middle of the night and leaving the scene. ...

Jung Ho Kang's Off-Field Issues Likely To Cost Him A WBC Roster Spot

Major League Baseball has yet to issue a ruling on the potential suspension of Pirates’ third baseman Jung Ho Kang following a series of incidents including a sexual assault allegations and a DUI. But it seems increasingly likely that his off-field issues will cost him playing time at least in the W...