2007 Minor League Pitchers - Final Stats...

Name	Team	W	L	ERA	IP	SO	BB	SV	BA
1)Ching-Lung Lo	Tulsa (AA)	8	8	5.61	139.2	87	66	0	.300
2)Sung-Wei Tseng	Kinston (A+)	6	9	4.05	140.0	92	47	0	.250
3)Chi-Hung Cheng	Auburn (A ss)	1	1	2.77	13.0	13	7	0	.178
	GCL Blue Jays (R)	0	2	6.52	9.2	11	7	0	.225
	2007 TOTAL	1	3	4.37	22.2	24	14	0	.200
4)Po-Hsuan Keng	Lansing (A)	1	5	4.50	54	51	22	6	.253
5)Sheng-An Kuo	Tri-City (A ss)	5	4	4.69	71	58	32	0	.271
6)Yen-Feng Lin	Williamsport (A ss)	0	2	3.64	29.2	21	17	3	.227
7)Wang-Yi Lin	GCL Red Sox (R)	2	1	1.31	20.2	8	6	1	.227
8)Po-Yu Lin	Bristol (R)	6	5	3.30	62.2	65	17	0	.280
9)Tzu-Kai Chiu	GCL Reds (R)	3	4	3.42	52.2	47	8	0	.239
10)Hung-Wen Chen	Boise (A ss)	1	0	3.60	5	2	1	0	.188
	AZL Cubs (R)	0	0	10.12	2.2	3	0	0	.273
	2007 TOTAL	1	0	5.87	7.2	5	1	0	.222
11)Chen-En Hong	NA
12)Chia-An Huang	NA

Based on this year's performances, it's pretty safe to say that the next Wang, Kuo, or Tsao is not on the list above. The injury bug was widespread as CE Hong was put on the 60-day DL and lost for the season; WY Lin had TJ surgery; CH Cheng missed most of the season after labrum surgery; and HW Chen had his US debut delayed secondary to "arm fatigue."

Minor league veterans - CL Lo and PH Keng had disappointing seasons. Hitters teed off on Lo, as he allowed 20 HR's and batters averaged .300 against him. Keng regressed as he repeated another year in Lansing. YF Lin again did not play much - and when he did he was utilized as a reliever. As for CA Huang, the Mariners are holding out hope that he will return next season - there's been too much invested and so little in return there.

The new kids on the block showed some promise as:

• SW Tseng played in High A ball and arguably held his own in his first year overseas. At first glance, his 4.05 ERA seems pretty high, but in the Carolina League, his ERA was ranked #18 overall while his WHIP of 1.26 was in the top 10 in the league.
• TK Chiu had an impressive first year, ranking in the top 10 in the GCL with a 1.08 WHIP, and demonstrating tremendous control - walking only 8 batters > for a K/BB ratio of nearly 6:1.
• PY Lin ranked #7 in ERA and #8 in K's in the Appy League. He also averaged > 1 K/IP and had a K/BB ratio of 4:1. The only knock on Lin is that he was a 20 year old competing in rookie ball.
• SA Kuo did not fare as well as the three above, demonstrating some control issues, although his GO/AO ratio of 2.10 was impressive - suggesting that he's got a good sinker.
• HW Chen's sample size was too small to judge how he did - so we'll reserve judgement for next year.