FACTS/FLUKES: Kang, Rosenthal, O. Herrera, LeMahieu, Nola

Kang exceeding expectations … Jung-ho Kang (SS/3B, PIT) was shrouded in a bit of mystery when he signed with the Pirates out of the Korean League in January 2015. He hit .356 with 40 HR in 418 AB in the Korean League last year, but would his ability translate to MLB?

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  h%  GB/LD/FB   PX  xPX  hr/f  HR/SB
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ==  ========  ===  ===  ====  =====
2014*  418  .355  ----   14   75   ---  --  --------  ---  ---   ---  40/ 3 
2015   351  .288  .274    7   77   111  34  51/21/28  116  103   16%  12/ 5
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15-1H  187  .262  .255    8   76    84  33  55/22/23   83   71   12%   4/ 5
15-2H  164  .317 ...

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