The Pittsburgh Pirates plucked shortstop Jung-ho Kang from the Korean Baseball Organization in January after the 27-year-old blasted 40 home runs with the Nexen Heroes last summer.
Kang's power clearly wasn't detained at customs, though, as the young infielder blasted a solo shot off Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Marco Estrada in the third inning of Tuesday's Grapefruit League opener at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium.
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"We want him to be the same hitter over here," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle told Stephen Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette on Monday. "We don't want him to start making adjustments from day one."
Thus far, it doesn't seem like Kang has made any adjustments.