Do we know look at the Pittsburgh Pirates as a true contender instead of the team that had 20 straight losing seasons?  For the most part, yes, but there are still skeptics out there.  For the first time in a long time, the Pirates entered Spring Training with no real position battles…yet. The team surprised brass around baseball when they walked away the winner in the Jung-ho Kang bidding, but as of now, the powerful Korean [Jay’s Note: Hey, that’s my nickname!] is going to back up Jordy Mercer at short and Josh Harrison at third base…