Former Vipers Defenceman Morgan Kicked Out Of Eagles Camp:

Former Vernon Vipers defenceman Nyjer Morgan was kicked out of the South Korean Hanwha Eagles preseason baseball camp. 

Morgan signed with the Eagles on December 12th 2014 spent parts of one season with the Cleveland Indians last year, signed a Minor League contract with the Indians on January 16th 2014 before earning a roster spot with the Major League Club on March 24th 2014. Morgan returned to the Majors after playing the 2013 season in Japan where he spent the season with the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Yokohama DeNa BayStars. After just playing in 15 games spending most of his time with the Tribe on the DL Morgan was released on August 5th 2014.

Morgan signed with the BayStars on January 23rd 2013 after spending the previous two seasons with the MLB Milwaukee Brewers before electing free agency, a day after the Brewers hastened his departure by outrighting him from the 40-man roster.

Morgan was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. On September 1st 2007 Morgan made his major league debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Milwaukee Brewers as a late-season call-up. On June 30 2009 Morgan was traded to the Washington Nationals along with pitcher Sean Burnett in exchange for outfielder Lastings Milledge and pitcher Joel Hanrahan. On March 27 2011 Morgan was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for prospect Cutter Dykstra (son of baseball player Lenny Dykstra). Morgan played for three MLB teams, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Washington before heading to Japan. Morgan attended the Vernon Vipers Training camp in 1996-97. Morgan played as an affiliated player "AP" as a 16 year old with the Vipers during the (1996-1997) season while playing with the KIJHL North Okanagan Kings.

Nyjer Morgan's Player Profile:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morgany01.shtml

This was posted on the Yonhap News website:

Ex-big leaguer Morgan booted from Hanwha Eagles' camp for 2nd time

2015/02/24

URUMA, Japan, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Former major league outfielder Nyjer Morgan was kicked out of the Hanwha Eagles' preseason camp for the second time on Tuesday.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club, currently training here in Japan, told Morgan to report to the team's minor league camp in Kochi, Japan.

Morgan, who has 598 big league games under his belt, was first asked to leave the camp on Feb. 2, a week after the Eagles began training. Manager Kim Sung-keun, an old-school type long famous for his tough-love approach, said at the time he wasn't pleased with Morgan's preparation.

The outfielder trained with the Eagles' minor league squad in South Korea for 18 days and rejoined the Eagles last Friday here in Okinawa.

In a practice game on Saturday against another KBO club, the Samsung Lions, Morgan was 0-for-2 and was hit by a pitch. After the game, Kim said he didn't know what to do with Morgan.

Morgan was benched for the Eagles' next practice game on Sunday against the Kia Tigers and was sent packing on Tuesday.

Morgan, 34, was one of the Eagles' major offseason acquisitions, with hopes he can at least duplicate production of the now-departed Felix Pie, who batted .326 with 17 homers and 92 RBIs in 119 games as the team's primary center fielder.

Morgan is a career .282 hitter with 120 steals in the majors. He spent the 2013 season with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan, batting .294 with 11 home runs and 50 RBIs in 108 games. Morgan returned to the majors with the Cleveland Indians in 2014 but was limited to 15 games.