ST. LOUIS — The police investigation into allegations of sexual assault against Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang will trigger the first implementation of Major League Baseball’s new sexual assault policy.
Last August, MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced a joint agreement covering domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse, a development that granted the commissioner’s office the power to investigate and punish players regardless of a legal charge or conviction. So far the commissioner’s office has investigated at least four players — Jose Reyes, Aroldis Chapman, Hector Olivera and Yasiel Puig — under the domestic violence portion of the agreement, and all but Puig were suspended.