More News....(Updated 7/14)

*LHP Wei-Chung Wang (Octagon) failed his physical with the Pirates due to an ulnar collateral ligament tear that will require Tommy John surgery; his contract was voided.
***UPDATED 7/14 - Some new info on Wang:  Word is that the $350 K offer was rescinded by the Pirates due to the physical, however the Pirates still wanted to sign him (albeit at a lower price) and give him an opportunity.   The snag?  His agent rejected the offer.  Hmmm, if true, the kid passed on an opportunity to at least have his elbow taken care of by a US orthopedic surgeon.


*A few ML teams including the Indians are after former Ku-Pao HS RHP/OF Chih-Yu Lin.

*The Pirates have released OF Chi.

*The Reds have released LHP Tzu-Kai Chiu.

*Reds prospect P Po-Cheng Chi is out for the season with an elbow injury.

*Astros minor leaguer CJ Lo hurt his elbow again in Florida.

*Ex-Cubs farmhand RHP Tzu-An Wang is represented by L3 agency.

*The Cubs have moved 2B Pin-Chieh Chen to CF, with good results.

*Hanshin RHP Kai-Wen Cheng was called up to the 1st team, after 35 consecutive scoreless innings with the ni-gun team.

*CPBL President Lions RHP Wei-Lun Pan has an ulnar collateral ligament injury and is out indefinitely.

*CPBL Elephants RHP En-Yu Lin still has not made progress from his labrum surgery.

*CPBL Elephants RHP Sung-Wei Tseng has lost velocity and his feel for pitching, as he is struggling while playing for the minor league team.

*Nice read on Red Sox prospect CH Chiang.

*New Pirate Chin-De Chang flashing his Black and Yellow Pride:

Chang goes by Jhin-De Jhang.

*Taiwan will most likely face South Korea tomorrow in the AP Regional Championship game.  Winner heads to Williamsport.

Chiang - Eastern League Player of the Month

***Red Sox prospect Chih-Hsien Chiang has had one helluva season so far.   In addition to earning an invite to the Futures World All-Star team, he's also been selected to the Eastern League All-Star team (Chun-Hsiu Chen was also on the roster, but will not play due to injury), and was just picked the Eastern League Player of the Month for June. 
Read more about Chiang here, from Soxprospects.com.


***Other minor leaguers off to good starts include: 
CC Lee - recently promoted to AAA (impressive K/9-BB ratio)

PC Chen - hitting at a .356 clip (scouting report)

FL Kuo - has 2 HRs in his first 9 games of the season

ZF Pan - has a .327 BA early on
YL Wang - 2-0, 1.35 ERA, 19 Ks/20 IP

***IN THE NPB:  After a hot start with the Fighters, DK Yang has cooled down considerably.  He's currently at .268 with 2 HRs and 15 RBI.  The good news is that he is still starting for the Fighters in the OF and is frequently in the lead-off spot.
Dragons LHP Wei-Yin Chen is still trying to find his groove after working his way back from an early season injury.   He's currently 2-6, but does have a 2.73 ERA.



***The Minnesota Twins have signed RHP Kuo-Hua Lo (former San-Hsin HS star).





Wei-Chung Wang



***The Pirates inked C Chin-De Chang for ~ $250 K while LHP Wei-Chung Wang received ~ $350 K.  Reportedly, it was unclear if Wang would be able to pass his physical due to elbow issues.  Nonetheless, Wang did represent the Taiwanese national team at the World Port Tournament.   Taiwan won its first ever WPT title, defeating Cuba (did not send its top squad) 3 times in the tourney.  Han Lin was the tourney MVP, MPP, and the top hitter.
The senior NT will now participate in the World Baseball Challenge. 

***Shi-Yuan HS RHP Lee-Wei Chiang will potentially require elbow surgery (TJ).



***Mariners prospect Yao-Wen Chang had shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum.



***Kao-Yuan HS IF Tzu-Wei Lin was clocked at 3.7 s going from home to first in the recent Yu-Shan Cup.  As a LHH, that still puts Lin in some elite company (80 category with Ichiro).


***Stiff jail sentences were handed out to former CPBL/national team stars Chih-Chia Chang and Chih-Yuan Chen for their involvement in the CPBL game-fixing scandal.


***With all of the not-so-good news about Kuo and Hu (bad bouts of the Yips), Chien-Ming Wang seems to be on the right path in resurrecting his career.


***Taiwan will defend its title at the Junior League World Series in Taylor, Michigan.  Taiwan won the Asia-Pacific Regionals, defeating Hong Kong 24-1, the Philippines 25-2, and Indonesia 22-0 in the preliminary rounds.   The team then blanked the Philippines in the A-P championship game 24-0.   Starting pitcher Chuan-Yu Hsu was the star, earning the W after blanking the opponents over 3 IP with 5 K's.  He also had 4 hits.


***The inaugural  IBAF "A" World Championship kicks off on Friday.
Taiwan will face:
1)7/8 - vs. Cuba
2)7/9 - vs. Ecuador
3)7/10 - vs. Japan
4)7/11 - vs. Lithuania
5)7/14 - vs. Brazil
6)7/15 - vs. Hong Kong
The boys will need to finish in the top 2 of their group in order to advance to the semifinals taking place 7/16.  The championship and consolation games will take place 7/17.    Mexico and Korea are in the other pool group and in an interesting side note, there is NO US representative.


***The Taiwanese LL reps will also attempt to make their way back to Williamsport.  The team plays in the Asia-Pacific Regionals beginning July 9th.  The team is in pool A with Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, and New Zealand.   Pool B heavyweight South Korea is grouped with host Guam, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and CNMI.
SCHEDULE:
1)7/9 - vs. Australia
2)7/10 - vs. New Zealand
3)7/11 - vs. Singapore
4)7/12 - vs. Thailand
5)7/13 - vs. Indonesia
Again, the team will need to finish in the top 2 of its pool to play in the semis on the 14th of July.
The championship and consolation games will take place on 7/15.

Multiple Signings and Other News (2011 LL/Youth/Junior NTs Announced)...

1)The Pittsburgh Pirates signed two kids:  slugger C Chin-De Chang and LHP Wei-Chung Wang.  Their effort this time around is more commendable after signing three questionable kids last time around.

Chin-De Chang

***The 2011 "AAA" Junior NT has been anounced:
PITCHERS (6):
1)Keng-Sheng Lee    (RHP/1-15-93/182 cm, 80 kg/Tops 143 KPH/'09 Youth NT)
2)Yan-Chang Lee      (RHP/11-7-93/178 cm, 78 kg/Tops 144 KPH)
3)Ren-He Tseng  (RHP/10-3-94/182 cm, 84 kg/Tops 152 KPH/Drew interest from A's)
4)Chao-Wei Yu   (RHP/4-16-93/175 cm, 67 kg/Tops 144 KPH/'09 Youth NT)
5)Chih-Wei Hu   (RHP/11-4-93/184 cm, 96 kg/Tops 147 KPH/'09 Youth NT/'09 Pony League WS)
6)Chih-Lung Yang   (RHP/4-7-93/190 cm, 85 kg/Tops 145 KPH/'06 LL NT)
CATCHERS (2):
1)Tse-Yang Peng    (T:R,B:R/9-1-93/183 cm, 88 kg)
2)Wei-Ming Huang   (T:R,B:R/11-10-93/171 cm, 61 kg)
INFIELDERS (6):
1)Che-Chieh Su   (T:R,B:L/7-28-94/170 cm, 65 kg)
2)Tsung-Hsien Lee   (T:R,B:R/6-29-94/173 cm, 68 kg/2011 Yu-Shan Cup MVP)
3)Hao-Wei Chang    (T:R,B:R/12-13-94/176 cm, 78 kg)
4)Tze-Wei Lin    (2010 AAA World Championships MVP/Formerly connected to the Yankees)
5)Yuan-Kai Lu  (T:R,B:R/8-16-93/179 cm, 85 kg)
6)Hung-Sheng Yang  (2010 AAA World Championships All-Star at 2B)
OUTFIELDERS (4):
1)Tze-Chun Hsu   (T:R,B:R/1-5-94/172 cm, 56 kg)
2)Kuo-Lin Lo  (Kuo-Hui Lo's younger bro)
3)Shao-Ching Chiang  (T:R,B:R/11-10-93/188 cm, 82 kg/Also a RHP, tops out at 148 kph/2011 Yu-Shan Cup HR King)
4)Wen-Chia Sung   (T:R,B:L/12-1-93/180 cm, 75 kg)
This team will represent Taiwan at the 9th Asian "AAA" Championships in Yokohama, Japan.  The tourney will run from 8/28/11 to 9/2/11.


***The 2011 "AA" Youth NT Roster:
PITCHERS (6):
1)Chia-Wei Yang
2)Wen-Hua Sung  (Former '09 LLWS Star)
3)Chia-Ming Tu  (2010 Youth NT/'08 Bronco World Series Star)
4)Yi-Hsin Huang
5)Yu-Cheng Chang (Chin-De Chang's lil' bro)
6)Yu-Pu Wang
CATCHERS (2):
1)Min-Hao Chiang
2)Wei-Tai Tsai
INFIELDERS (6):
1)Yu-Hsiang Keng
2)Lee Lin
3)Kuo-HaoWu
4)Wei-En Chen
5)Chun-Yu Pan
6)Wei-Chien Chang
OUTFIELDERS (4):
1)Ming-Yu Peng  (already stands 183 cm, ran an 11.84 100M as an 8th grader)
2)Tse-Chun Wang
3)Chin-Che Chien
4)Tse-Chuan Liu
This team will participate in the 2011 World Youth Championships in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico.  The tourney will be held from August 19th to the 28th.  This should be a fun team to follow with its prospect-laden roster.


*The 2011 "A" NT:
PITCHERS (7):
1)Tse-Yang Chen
2)En-Chieh Yang
3)Yu-Lun Chang
4)Wei-En Tseng
5)Wei-Hsiang Chen
6)Chao-Yu Yeh
7)Mai-Ko Chu
CATCHERS (2):
1)Chun-Yu He
2)Yi-Chieh Kao
INFIELDERS (5):
1)Kuan-Wei Chiu
2)Ta-Yu Chiu
3)Tsu-Yuan Lo
4)Hsiang-Chih Chang
5)Tse-Chieh Lin
OUTFIELDERS (4):
1)Yi-Cheng Wang
2)Chao-Ching Wen
3)Hsueh-Chao Tsung
4)Ping-Yi Chou
The inaugural little league level world championship takes place in Taipei, Taiwan from July 8 - 17.




OTHER:
*The Cubs released RHP Tzu-An Wang.
*Kao-Yuan HS SS Tzu-Wei Lin reportedly fired Octagon as his rep.
*L3-Dave Stewart has signed RHP Yao-Wen Chang and RHP Po-Cheng Chi as their clients.
*Chih-Hsien Chiang has been tearing the cover off the ball in AA ball.  I smell a potential 2011 All-Star Future Games invitation?
*Update on Hong-Chih Kuo
*MLB coming to Taiwan in November

Shen-Fu Tsai to the Lotte Marines...

*IF Shen-Fu Tsai has signed with the Chiba Lotte Marine(s).   Tsai had worked out with the team back in November.  Tsai will join fellow Taiwanese player Yen-Feng Lin in Chiba.



*HS WBT:
-In a media interview with NYY scout Ken Su, Su noted that progress is being made in the amateur ranks, especially at the HS level.   The progress was attributed to the special camps/training with MLB personnel over these past few years.   Currently in the HS Wood Bat Tourney (the field has been narrowed down to 16 teams), 4 home runs have been hit in the preliminary matches.   In the past two wood bat tourneys, no home runs had left the yard. 

-
Remember Chia-An Huang?   Well, his younger brother (#25) is currently making  a name for himself after a nice outing against Kao-Yuan HS.  Sheng-Chieh Huang, despite taking the loss against Kao-Yuan, K'd 7 in 5.2 innings and was clocked around ~ 87 mph.  The 17 year old, who stands in at 6'1" attends Ta-Cheng HS in Miaoli.*Edited

-Gao-Nong slugger Chin-De Chang is likely to sign after HS.  Aside from Chang, RHP Kuo-Hua Lo of San-Hsin HS is the other top name in the tourney.   Both are expected to garner MLB signing bonus offers in the 150-200 K range per media speculation.  Other names mentioned as ones to keep an eye on included:  San-Min HS LHP Yi-Hsiang Lin, Ku-Pao HS INF Po-Rong (Jung) Wang, Gao-Nong HS RHP 6'5" Che-Wei Kao, and Kao-Yuan HS RHP/OF Kuo-Lin Lo, the younger brother of Mariners farmhand Kuo-Hui Lo.

CW Kao

KL Lo

*CPBL News:
-Chih-Sheng Lin is not in good standings with his CPBL club.

-CPBL ST is underway.

-Former Red Sox farmhand Chia-Chu Chen is now training with the Lamigo Monkeys; he will serve  in the military this summer and then make himself eligible for the CPBL draft after finishing his military service.

Taichung City Wins Yu-Shan Cup....

Taichung City defeated Kaohsiung County 5-2 in the championship game of the Yu-Shan Cup.   The team will form the backbone for the junior NT that will represent the country at the 2010 World Junior Championships.  
The team roster is composed primarily of players from Shi-Yuan HS and Gao-Nong HS, headlined by young slugger Chin-De Chang (cleanup hitter, was 2-3 with an RBI in the championship game).   Tourney MVP Hung-Yi Chen started and won the championship game (6 IP, 2 R/1 ER, 3 H, 0 K's, 4 BB's).  
Taoyuan County defeated Taipei County - Banchiao 6-2 in the 3rd place game.

Taichung City Team Roster:* denotes lefty
1)RHP Che-Wei Kao  195 cm/90 kg  16 (Gao-Nong)
2)RHP Chih-Wei Hu  184 cm/85 kg  16 (Shi-Yuan)  - '09 Youth NT/'09 Pony League WS
3)OF Yao-Chieh Pan 180 cm/78 kg  17 (Gao-Nong)
4)IF Ching-Fu Lin 172 cm/74 kg  17 (Shi-Yuan) - '08 Youth NT
5)IF Chin-De Chang 180 cm/88 kg 17 (Gao-Nong)* - '06 Little League NT
6)IF Chun-Kai Liao 176 cm/76 kg  18 (Shi-Yuan) - '08 Youth NT
7)RHP Chun-Han Lin 175 cm/75 kg  17 (Gao-Nong)
8)OF Yao-Tsung Ou  177 cm/70 kg  18 (Gao-Nong)
9)IF Kun-Yu Wen 178 cm/85 kg  17 (Shi-Yuan)* - '09 Youth NT
10)IF Nian-Che Chang-Liao 173 cm/70 kg  18  (Shi-Yuan) - '05 Pony League WS/ '08 Youth NT
11)OF Meng-Chieh Kan  172 cm/80 kg  17  (Shi-Yuan) - '05 Little League Rep/'07 Pony League WS/'08 Youth NT
12)C Ting-Yen Lin  173 cm/75 kg  17  (Shi-Yuan) - '05 Little League Rep/'07 Pony League WS/
13)OF Yu-Chien Lin  176 cm/72 kg  18 (Shi-Yuan)* - '05 Pony League WS/'08 Youth NT
14)RHP Chun-Lin Kuo  175 cm/72 kg   18 (Shi-Yuan) - '08 Youth NT
15)OF Chia-Ching Lin  180 cm/78 kg   18  (Shi-Yuan)* - '05 Pony League WS
16)RHP Ho-An Hsu  180 cm/75 kg  17  (Shi-Yuan)
17)RHP Hung-Yi Chen  180 cm/78 kg  17  (Shi-Yuan)
18)RHP Wei-Ti Weng  182 cm/85 kg  18  (Shi-Yuan) - '08 Youth NT



*MILB:Former Indians farmhand Sung-Wei Tseng has signed with the LA Dodgers.  Tseng was playing earlier this year in the Golden Baseball League and was released prior to to signing with the Dodgers.   He's currently in XST with the Dodgers.



*NPB:LHP Yao-Hsun Yang hit 96 mph on the gun in his last outing.   He hit 94 mph in his appearance today.
The Hanshin Tigers are calling up OF Wei-Chu Lin to the parent club.

Ku-Pao #1 Yet Again.....

A familiar scene - another Ku-Pao tourney championship

HS:
Continuing their winning ways on the HS circuit, Ku-Pao won the Elite Golden Dragon Cup, defeating Kao-Yuan 4-1 in the championship game. Leading the way for Ku-Pao were tourney MVP/top pitcher Ping-Hsueh Chen (started in the championship game, tossing 5 scoreless innings to pick up the W) and tourney co-HR leader Hung-Sheng Yang (cracked a solo HR in the championship game and had the 2nd highest BA in the tourney with a .467 average).

Nan-Ying earned third in the tourney by defeating Shi-Yuan 4-2 in the consolation game.

Tourney Awards:

Top Pitcher /MVP- Ping-Hsueh Chen (Ku-Pao)

HR King - Chin-De Chang (Gao-Nong: cracked a 2-run shot on 10/31 in his team's 10-6 loss to Tung-Shih HS) & Hung-Sheng Yang (Ku-Pao: both HR's actually left the field of play in this tourney)

Top 9:

P - Hung-Yi Chen (Shi-Yuan)

C - Wei-Chih Cheng (Shi-Yuan)

1B - Wei-Yu Lai (Nan-Ying)

2B - Hung-Sheng Yang (Ku-Pao)

3B - Rong(Jung)-Chin Hsieh (Nan-Ying) - former Ku-Pao ace Rong-Hao Hsieh's lil bro

SS - Chun-Kai Liu (Shi-Yuan)

OF - Lee-En Pi (Kao-Yuan) - on the '09 "AA" youth NT

OF - Rui(Jui)-Lin Chang (Ku-Pao)

OF - Chih-Yu Lin (Ku-Pao)

The Chang Bros....

CPBL:
Bulls 5 - Bears 1:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bears	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1
Bulls	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	10	1

Attendance: 2,033

WP - Shoda Itsuki (10-5)
LP - Josh Miller (1-1)
HR: Wilton Veras (4)
MVP: Shoda Itsuki



Lions 15 - Elephants 5:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lions	2	0	3	0	3	0	3	2	2	15	14	3
Elephants	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	8	1

Attendance: 3,214

WP - Chun-Jung Pan (3-2)
LP - Kobayshi Ryokan (5-7)
HR: Jose Castillo (10), Lien-Hung Chen (7)
MVP: Lien-Hung Chen


Current Standings:

Team	W	D	L	GB	WP
Elephants	8	0	4	--	0.667
Bulls	7	0	6	1.5	0.538
Bears	6	0	6	2	0.5
Lions	4	0	9	4.5	0.308

MLB:
Dodgers 5 - Cardinals 3 (10): HC Kuo 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K's/BB's (both walks were intentional, Kuo was clocked at a high of 95 mph)




MLBAAP:
MH Tsai 1-4 / PH Chi 1-4 / CW Hsu 1-3, 2B, E

PH Chi 0-2 / CW Hsu 0-2, RBI




MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 2-4, 2B, RBI

A+ - KH Lo 2-4

A+ - CL Lo 0.1 IP, 2 R - 0 ER, 1 H, 0 K's, 1 BB

A+ - CH Chiang 2-4, 2B

A ss - CH Chen 1-3, BB



Other:

CD Chang



CL Chang

UDN has a nice writeup on all of the talent residing in the Chang family. Chin-De Chang, a top 16 year old hitting prospect from Taiwan, is the eldest of the brothers. Originally selected to to the '09 Youth NT, he will not be playing in the upcoming World Youth Championships due to an undisclosed injury. His younger brother, C Chin-Lung Chang - 15, will be playing for the '09 Youth NT.
Another brother, Yu-Cheng Chang, will be representing the country in the Pony League World Series (13 and 14 year olds).

2009 Youth NTAnnounced......

CPBL:
Standings:

Team	W	D	L	GB	WP
Bears	19	0	14	--	0.576
Bulls	19	1	14	0	0.576
Lions	18	1	15	1	0.545
Elephants	11	0	24	9	0.314

Tomorrow's matchups:
Anastacio Martinez (Bulls) vs. Yu-Chan Liu (Elephants)

*Taiwanese Olympic Committee chairman Chen-Wei (Thomas) Tsai is interested in forming a 5th CPBL team for next year. Chen-Wei is from the ultra-affluent Tsai family.




MILB:
A+ - CH Lin 2-3, BB, RBI, CS, E #3, OF Assist

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 2 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 1-1, BB, RBI, SB (6), CS, E #4 (5th inning)

AAA - CL Hu 1-4 (7th inning)




Other:
*In the semifinals of the collegiate/industrial league spring tourney, the final four standing were: the Meifu Giants, Chiayi University, Taiwan Coop Bank, & Taiwan Power Co.

CH Lin

In the first semi, the Meifu Giants (Chinese Culture University) defeated Chiayi U. 10-0.
Giants starter Chen-Hua Lin threw 7 shutout innings, scattering 3 hits (2 K's, 1 BB) to pick up the W.

Taiwan Coop Bank defeated TaiPower 7-1 in the other semifinal. Chia-Chun Tang picked up the win for TCB after relieving starter Chia-Ming Cheng. Tang's line for the night: 8.1 IP, 0 R, 7 H, 4 K's/BB's. DH Shen-Fu Tsai was 2-4 with 3 RBI to help bolster the lead for TCB.


*In preparation for the 14th World Youth Championships to be held in August in Taichung, Taiwan - the 2009 Youth NT has been announced. The team is highlighted by a few big names including Lee-Wei Chiang, Chin-De Chang, Chi-Wei Lin, and Lee-Jen Chu.

PITCHERS (7):
1)Lee-Wei Chiang 14 (7/10/94) 6'0"/150 B:R/T:R
2)Chih-Wei Hu 15 (11/4/93) 6'0"/158 B:R/T:R
3)Hang Lin 16 (3/1/93) 5'8"/154 B:L/T:L
4)Chao-Wei Yu 16 (4/16/93) 5'9"/150 B:R/T:R
5)Pin-Hsueh Chen 15 (7/8/94) 6'0"/172 B:R/T:R
6)Chun-Lung Chang 15 (5/20/93) 5'9"/165 B:R/T:R
7)Keng-Sheng Lee 16 (1/15/93) 5'10"/154 B:R/T:R

CATCHERS (2):
1)Yu-Chi Lin 15 (3/25/94) 5'5"/143 B:R/T:R
2)Chin-Lung Chang 15 (4/12/94) 5'7"/154 B:R/T:R

INFIELDERS (5):
1)Lee-Jen Chu 15 (3/13/94) 5'8"/181 B:R/T:R
2)Kun-Yu Wen 16 (1/5/93) 5'9"/132 B:R/T:R
3)Chi-Wei Lin 15 (2/15/94) 5'7"/143 B:L/T:R
4)Yung-Cheng Hsu 15 (4/19/94) 5' 6.5"/137 B:L/T:R
5)Chin-De Chang 16 (5/17/93) 5'10"/154 B:L/T:R

OUTFIELDERS (4):
1)Chan-Chia Liu 16 (3/29/93) 5'8"/143 B:L/T:R
2)Chin-Yu Tseng 16 (2/11/93) 5'9"/154 B:R/T:R
3)Lee-En Pi 14 (8/14/94) 5'8"/143 B:R/T:R
4)Chia-Min Lin 15 (8/24/93) 5'6"/143 B:L/T:R

*Player locale breakdown: 7 Taichung City, 5 Kaohsiung County, 2 Taipei County - Banqiao, 2 Pingtung County, 1 Taitung County, 1 Taoyuan County

Again, player selection was largely influenced by the top teams in the recently completed Kuo-Cheng Hsieh Cup (for 16 and under). The top 5 finishers in that tourney were:
1)Taichung City (4-1)
2)Kaohsiung County (3-2)
3)Pingtung County (2-2)
4)Taipei County - Banqiao (2-2)
5)Taoyuan County (1-2)

CPBL Showdown Set For Tomorrow.....

CPBL:
Bears 10 - Elephants 4:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	2
Bears	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	14	1

Attendance: 2,510

WP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (3-3, 6 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)

LP - Kobayashi Ryokan (2-4, 1.2 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 0 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bears:

RF Tim Raines, Jr. 2-4

3B Tsung-Yu Tsai 2-5

LF Cheng-Yu Chung 2-4, RBI

DH CFC 2-4, 3 RBI - game MVP

1B Hsiao-Wei Huang 2-5, 2B, 3B, RBI

SS Chih-Ping Lin 1-3, HR (1), 2 RBI

Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-5, RBI

RF Robert Bozied 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI

1B Chia Chia 0-3

2B (3B) Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, RBI

(C) Chih-Hung Chen 2-3

Lions 9 - Bulls 6:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	8	1
Lions	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	18	1

Attendance: 3,890

WP - Mickey Callaway (4-2, 5 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 K, 4 BB's)

LP - Ko-Chien Lin (4-2, 3 IP, 8 R - 7 ER, 12 H, 3 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:

Lions:

CF (RF) Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-3

RF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-3, HR (5), RBI

1B KC Kao 3-5

DH Lien-Hung Chen 3-4, 2B

2B Sen Yang 3-3, RBI

C Chih-Kang Kao 2-5, 2 RBI

SS Ching-He Chuang 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI - game MVP

3B Tung-Yi Yang 1-4, RBI

Bulls:

RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-5, RBI

2B Chih-Wei Chen 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI

1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-3, RBI

DH Tarzan 1-3

CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3

SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 0-3, RBI

3B Wilton Veras 1-3, RBI (new owner of CPBL record - 24 game hitting streak for foreign players)

C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4



Tomorrow's Matchups - featuring some marquee names:

Chien-Ming Chiang (Bulls) vs. Wei-Lun Pan (Lions)

Chin-Hui Tsao (Elephants) vs. Si-Yo Wu (Bears)





MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 0-2 (5th inning)

A+ - CH Cheng ND, 5.2 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 1 K/BB

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, BB / CH Chiang 0-4, E #1




MLB:
HC Kuo Update




Other:
Taichung City (made up of kids from Gao-Nong and Shi-Yuan HS) won the Kuo-Cheng Hsieh Cup (for 16 and under). Leading the way for Taichung was tourney MVP Chin-De Chang.

Movin' On Up!

A preseason top 10 of the current crop of HS seniors was posted before (1-5, 6-10). Based on performance so far in the wood bat tourney:

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MC Lin

The new #1 prospect is--Chung-Dao RHP Ming-Chie Lin-- he has good size, a projectable build, has significantly improved his delivery & velocity, he's a 2-way player (he's held his own at the plate - decent hitter and catcher), the key for him would be to improve his velocity & develop an average breaking pitch.

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HH Pan (R)

The biggest surprise so far--Chung-Dao INF Hong-Hsiang Pan--a 5'9'' switch hitter with above average speed, soft hands defensively with average range - gets rid off the ball quickly, has quick & strong wrists.

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CD Chang

The #1 incoming prospect (equivalent of a US HS sophomore)--Gao-Nong INF Chin-De Chang--has excellent bat speed, a decent stroke from the left-side with power, has a strong throwing arm, is an average runner, but body is thick and filled out on his 5'10'' frame, lacks a defensive position, not very good at 3B. Gao-Nong is fortunate to have him, as the kid almost ended up in Japan.

The Saga of Chin-De Chang...

Chin-De Chang

photo - Apple Daily


Mr. Lin

As reported by Yam Sports and China Times, Chin-De Chang is a 14-year old (DOB 5/17/1993) top power hitting prospect from Taiyuan junior HS in Taitung, Taiwan. The 2 way player (left-handed hitting SS and RHP) stands a shade under 5'10" and weighs 171 pounds. The youngster was good enough to draw the attention of the KDN Sports Agency. Chang and his family ended up signing an agreement to let the agency represent him. The young man was on his way to following in the footsteps of many top Taiwanese junior high prospects who attend HS in Japan when his junior HS found out. The school's baseball program would have been suspended as a result of Chang's signing with an agent. Furthermore, school officials stated that Chang's father is illiterate and was duped by the agency. Based on the circumstances, the kid and his family decided against going to Japan. The KDN agency sent someone named Mr. Lin to the school to try and work out something. Since February of this year, Mr. Lin had been by the school multiple times, demanding that the school release Chang to him. The school was alarmed by the demands and presence of Mr. Lin on their campus and called the police as well as releasing this story to the media. KDN will seek legal recourse (threatening to sue for $1 million NT) since Chang and his family signed a binding contract.
Speaking of binding contracts, Chia-Jen Lo is also represented by KDN. Lo has a binding 5 year contract with the agency. KDN will receive a 15% cut of anything Lo receives over the duration of his contract.