{"id":818372,"date":"2018-06-01T14:58:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T18:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=818372"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:02:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T19:02:52","slug":"pittsburgh-pirates-jung-ho-kang-bradenton-pbd11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/pittsburgh-pirates-jung-ho-kang-bradenton-pbd11\/","title":{"rendered":"Jung Ho Kang starts rehab assignment at Bradenton"},"content":{"rendered":"
Whether or not Kang can not only make it back to the major leagues, but be a productive player if he does, is up in the air at the moment.<\/p>\n
But for Kang, the journey officially begins tonight.<\/p>\n
Beginning Friday night, Kang will start playing in games at High-A Bradenton.<\/p>\n
By now everyone knows the story of the 31-year old Kang, but the Pirates thought enough of him to give him another shot so we shall see.<\/p>\n
In 2016, Kang\u2019s last big league season, he hit .255\/.354\/.513 with 21 homers in 103 games as the Pirates\u2019 third baseman.<\/p>\n
That job now belongs to Colin Moran<\/a> so where exactly Kang fits in remains to be seen.<\/p>\n If Kang makes his way back to Pittsburgh, a David Freese<\/a> trade or a trade of one of their other depth pieces would almost have to happen.<\/p>\n