Tampa Bay Rays trade Choi Ji-man to the Pittsburgh Pirates
![Choi Ji-man [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/11/11/769e2be1-b499-4c2f-99b4-e9df4451a911.jpg)
Choi Ji-man [AP/YONHAP]
Korean first baseman Choi Ji-man has been traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates, leaving the Tampa Bay Rays after four and a half years with the Florida team.
With the move, the Pirates now have three Korean infielders on their books: Choi, Park Hoy-jun and Bae Ji-hwan.
Choi is set to return to Korea this weekend will undergo surgery on an elbow injury during the offseason. Choi played the latter half of the 2022 season with a bone fragment in his right elbow, which he will now have removed while in Seoul.
The Rays received pitcher Jack Hartman in exchange for Choi.
BY JIM BULLEY [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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