The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed numerous players during Neal Huntington’s tenure from overseas. The biggest move they have made when finding key free agents in different leagues is easily Jung Ho Kang, who during his time actually on the field has made a big impact. However, they also have signed players like Radhames Liz from the Korean League and even gave contracts to project players from India at one point.
One often hears about the players coming from overseas to play in the MLB. However, there is also many cases where things just do not click for a player at the MLB level and they go abroad to play professionally and then come back to take another shot.