Here's what we know about Jung Ho Kang's visa situation

Pirates general manager Neal Huntington will soon enter the second consecutive winter meetings during which he’ll field questions about Jung Ho Kang’s legal issues and availability, while working to find a replacement to spell David Freese if Kang can’t get in the country one year after his DUI arrest in South Korea.

A year ago Saturday, at 2:48 a.m., Kang crashed his rented BMW through a guard rail and nearly hit cars on the opposite side of the street in Seoul. Because of the resulting DUI conviction, Kang’s third in South Korea since 2009, the 30-year-old Pirates third baseman spent the entire 2017 season on Major League Baseball’s restricted list. He collected neither salary nor service…