The Pirates reached an agreement with Korean shortstop Jung-Ho Kang.

The Pittsburgh Pirates reached an agreement Monday with South Korean shortstop Jung-Ho Kang on a four-year deal worth approximately $16 million, a source told ESPN MLB Insider Jim Bowden.

The deal, which is still pending a physical, also has an option for a fifth year, the source said. The Pirates had a 30-day window after winning negotiating rights on Dec. 22.

His Korean batting statistics are quite impressive, so we’ll see how they translate to the US. I suspect he’ll do a decent job of getting on base.

Kang is quite a sword fighter as well: