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Central Notes: Brewers, Kang, Twins, Buxton, Royals

By Connor Byrne | August 23, 2019 at 9:34pm CDT

The latest from baseball’s Central divisions…

  • The Brewers have shown interest in signing free-agent infielder Jung Ho Kang to a minor league contract, but it doesn’t appear an agreement will come together before the Triple-A season runs out. The two sides are “bogged down in visa issues,” according to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It’s unclear what exactly is causing the problem, but Kang did miss almost all of the 2018 season while with the Pirates because he had difficulty securing a visa on the heels of a third DUI arrest in his homeland of South Korea. Kang returned last year, though, and then re-signed with the Pirates for a $3MM guarantee in November. It proved to be a poor investment for Pittsburgh, which released the 32-year-old Kang in early August after he hit .169/.222/.395 in 185 plate appearances.
  • More from Haudricourt, who tweets Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff still isn’t expected to rejoin the club before the middle of September. But Woodruff, who suffered an oblique injury July 21, is making progress. He moved his throwing program to 120 feet off flat ground Friday, which Haudricourt notes is the final step before he returns to the mound. The absence of Woodruff, who has unquestionably been the Brewers’ top starter this year, is an obvious reason why they’re drifting from NL Central and wild-card contention. The 26-year-old Woodruff has broken out with a 3.75 ERA/3.09 FIP and 10.4 K/9 against 2.22 BB/9 over 117 2/3 innings.
  • Twins center fielder Byron Buxton is nearing a rehab assignment, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com writes. Buxton hit the IL on Aug. 3 with a left shoulder subluxation – a product of the all-out effort with which he plays. The 25-year-old crashed into the outfield wall while trying to rob Milwaukee catcher Yasmani Grandal of an extra-base hit. Unfortunately for Buxton, not only did he fail to come up with the ball, but he’ll end up missing at least a few weeks because of the attempt. Injuries have been an issue all summer for Buxton, who has gone on the IL three times since June. When healthy, though, this has been a highly productive season for Buxton, owner of a .262/.314/.513 line with 10 home runs, 14 stolen bases and 2.6 fWAR in 295 plate appearances.
  • Royals southpaw Danny Duffy will begin a rehab stint at the Double-A level Sunday, Lynn Worthy of the Kansas City Star relays. A left hamstring strain has kept Duffy out of action since Aug. 3, when Minnesota lit him up for nine runs (eight earned) and four homers across 4 2/3 innings. This has been the second disappointing season in a row for Duffy, who has only managed a 4.93 ERA/5.13 FIP in 100 1/3 frames.
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23 Comments

  1. jorge78

    6 years ago

    Trump strikes against immigrants again!

    Reply
    • 24TheKid

      6 years ago

      A whole lot of people will take your comment way too seriously,

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    • heater

      6 years ago

      Hahahaha

      Reply
    • monymgr

      6 years ago

      Trump can’t help himself !! Thank the Lord they don’t give him a gun with his MENTAL Issues !!!

      Reply
    • rodster

      6 years ago

      Liberals still don’t know the difference between legal and illegal.

      Reply
      • Dad

        6 years ago

        This isn’t the forum for this but the nail was just hit on the head!

        Reply
  2. Cardinalsfan4ever

    6 years ago

    Get a life and wake up.

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  3. Theviolinman

    6 years ago

    My daughter’s school couldn’t get the choir teacher they hired a visa so now there’s is no choir. It’s a Chinese language school so it’s not that easy to find another. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if Kang was a Trump victim.
    My mother in laws green card processing was delayed 1 year past the legal limit, we had to threaten with a lawyer to get it sped to the legal minimum. Trump is cutting legal immigration as much as undocumented.

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    • Cam

      6 years ago

      Kang wouldn’t be a Trump victim. He would be a victim of his own poor decisions. He’s fortunate he is even allowed in the US.

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      • Fuck Me Bitch

        6 years ago

        Cam,
        Please just stop.

        Reply
      • Matthew Heywood

        6 years ago

        Yet he already was here this year so your point is mute and it is something or someone else , trump, that is effecting this

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        • h0wmyd0ing

          6 years ago

          Perhaps it is the actual laws impacting it. The get a work visa for the US (or Canada or really anywhere) you need to be able to prove you are performing a task that is rare and can’t be done be others (or at least a small percent). If he was a major league player, that is a pretty small field. If they are trying to sign him to a minor league deal that could be a sticking point because plenty of folks could make that claim of ability.

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        • retire21

          6 years ago

          The so-called “Einstein visa”, where one must show that one has a unique talent like, for instance, being a lingerie model. A skill set not easily taught and rarely possessed,you know, like Melania Trump.

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        • Cobe821

          6 years ago

          The point would be moot, not mute. Please learn proper English

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    • deetroitsports

      6 years ago

      It’s ignorant comments like these that do nothing but role people up. Fact baseball players have always had Visa issues fact #2 this player has had legal issues. Fact 3 the teacher story is a lie and the mother story was a lie too as this same exact story was on another site using same words people need to get off political bs on sports forums.

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      • PopeMarley

        6 years ago

        deetroitsports thank you, why do these trolls feel the need to post this trash on a a sports site. There’s plenty of political conspiracy sites to post this dung on,

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      • Theviolinman

        6 years ago

        Call me a liar to my face and your AND you tiny unit would be eating my knuckles. The orangutan has affected my family.

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  4. uvmfiji

    6 years ago

    Does he need to blow in to a tube to travel back to Korea? He may just be stuck in a car. Did anyone check?

    Reply
  5. wjf010

    6 years ago

    Ummmm…Buxton was hurt in Miami on August 1. And, on August 3, they were playing the Royals.

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  6. Backup Catcher to the Backup Catcher

    6 years ago

    There must be a thousand Chat Rooms or Blogs where anti POTUS people can vent their anger with like minded people. No need to choose a sports forum where a hitter’s BA or a pitcher’s ERA are more topical than our current immigration policies and/or laws.

    Switching back to sports, as it should be, I got a lot of flack from Cub and Brewers fans about three weeks ago when I wrote that I believed the Cardinals would win the NL Central. I still believe that to be the case. Getting Ozuna back is huge and I gotta believe Matt Carpenter is gonna start hitting again.

    That NL Central race is gonna go down to the final out. I don’t think any of the top three are capable of pulling away. All three teams are good but each team does have a few cracks.

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    • mfm420

      6 years ago

      hell, there’s places for pro turmp turds to go and whine about people they don’t like.

      it’s called church, and tons of those idiots will be there on sunday (but not trump, despite totally being a christian).

      but hey, if you need to whine and moan about people not liking a fascist, racist, orange piece of s***, that’s your choice.

      it’s still a free country (for now, at least)

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  7. pnedwek

    6 years ago

    he’s going going kang…..

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  8. TwinCities

    6 years ago

    My goodness people, I’m not here for politics; I’m here for baseball. You are all wrong anyways, so stop.

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