{"id":20666,"date":"2019-06-08T06:49:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T10:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=20666"},"modified":"2019-06-08T06:49:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T10:49:14","slug":"corey-dickerson-jung-ho-kang-pittsburgh-pirates-activate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/06\/08\/corey-dickerson-jung-ho-kang-pittsburgh-pirates-activate\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Dickerson, Jung Ho Kang to Be Activated by Pittsburgh Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> are starting to get healthy. According to multiple reports, the team plans to activate outfielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dickeco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Dickerson<\/a><\/strong> and third baseman <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kangju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jung Ho Kang<\/a><\/strong> to the active roster. As of this posting, the team has yet to announce any corresponding moves.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pittsburgh Pirates to Activate Corey Dickerson, Jung Ho Kang<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dickerson only played four games this season before going down with a shoulder injury. The injury was bad enough to land him on the 60-day injured list, so the Pirates will need to open a spot on their 40-man roster prior to his activation. During his first year in Pittsburgh, the lefty posted a .300\/.330\/.474 slash line with a corresponding 115 wRC+ in 135 games.<\/p>\n<p>Jung Ho Kang, meanwhile, is returning from an oblique injury. Kang\u2019s injury wasn\u2019t nearly as severe as Dickerson\u2019s, as the righty only went on the 10-day injured list. The 32-year old had a fantastic spring but has struggled at the plate in the regular season. In 98 plate appearances this season, Kang posted an underwhelming .133\/.204\/.300 slash line with a corresponding 33 wRC+. However, the righty is tearing the cover off the ball in his rehab assignment to the tune of a .444\/.516\/.667 slash line and a 206 wRC+. He obviously won\u2019t sustain that at the major league level, but perhaps some time off is just what the doctor ordered.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their 30-32 record, Pittsburgh\u2019s playoff hopes are very much alive. They have a long way to go, but they\u2019re currently just 3.5 games out of the second Wild Card and five games out of first place in the AL Central. However, their -73 run differential is the second-worst mark in the National League and the fourth-worst in all of baseball. Only the Baltimore Orioles (-123), Detroit Tigers (-107) and San Francisco Giants (-80) have worse run differentials than Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"SCONEygIRj99BfAVu7XIfA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1139806117\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'SCONEygIRj99BfAVu7XIfA',sig:'wJMkxwd5fEuwIO6Ks0npNMINqce-4U90j_YcsE1p_3c=',w:'594px',h:'416px',items:'1139806117',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates reportedly plan to activate Corey Dickerson and Jung Ho Kang to the active roster. 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