Hu #3.........

*Baseball America has CL Hu ranked as the #3 prospect in the LAD system. Hu was also selected as the best defensive infielder in the Dodgers' system. For a further look into Hu's scouting report, be sure to pick up BA's 2008 Prospect Handbook, which will have an in depth look at quite a few Taiwanese minor leaguers as well as the top 30 prospects for each MLB club. It'll def. make a great stocking-stuffer for the Holidays.


*Chien-Ming Wang who is eligible for arbitration and has stated his desire to remain a Yankee for life, was seeking a long term deal with the Yanks. Wang (MLB experience 3), who is eligible to be a FA after 2011, made $489,500 in 2007.

Here's some other 2007 salary numbers for players with MLB and NPB experience:

1)Chin-Hui Tsao $425,000 (MLB experience 4)
2)Hong-Chih Kuo $384,000 (MLB experience 3)
3)Ming-Chieh Hsu ~$362,000 (NPB experience 8)
4)Chin-Lung Hu $328,000 (MLB experience 1)
5)Ying-Chieh Lin ~$271,400 (NPB experience 2)
6)En-Yu Lin ~$181,000 (NPB experience 1)
7)Wei-Chu Lin ~$163,000 (NPB experience 4)
8)Chung-Shou Yang ~$90,500 (NPB experience 1)
9)Chien-Ming Chiang ~$77,000 (NPB experience 2)
10)Yao-Hsun Yang ~$72,400 (NPB experience 1)
11)Wei-Yin Chen ~$36,200 (NPB experience 1)

Others (NPB-nigun):
1)Si-Yo Wu ~$271,400 ( NPB experience 0)
2)Ping-Yen Lee ~$48,900 (NPB experience 0)
3)Yi-Hao Lin ~$21,700 (NPB experience 0)

(MILB players yearly salaries are pretty standard - the minimum salary for a US minor leaguer was $30,000 in 2007)