HS Wood Bat Tourney:
*The final field of 8 HS squads has been determined.
In the Quarterfinals:
Ping-Zhen plays Shi-Yuan
San-Hsin plays Nan-Ying
Ku-Pao plays San-Min
Kao-Yuan plays Hsin-She
*Chia-Ming Cheng of Shi-Yuan HS will focus exclusively on pitching. The lefty was on the 2009 youth NT as an IF.
*IF Hung-Sheng Yang of Ku-Pao leads the tourney with 2 home runs. This comes as no surprise as Yang was a member of the 2010 world junior championship squad. He led the world junior tourney with 12 RBI while also leading the team with 2 HR while hitting at a .346 clip. He was the tourney All-Star selection at 2B. Yang's well-scouted teammate Po-Rong (Jung) Wang, has also cracked a HR in the tourney.
There's been 9 home runs hit in the tourney so far, 8 of which came in the same park (Chung Cheng University ballpark in Chiayi), leading some to argue that the wind has had something to do with the power surge.
CPBL:*Former Lions 2B Sen Yang is considering legal action to try and get back his salary.
Other:Where have you gone Chia-An Huang?
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
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.
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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.
*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.
*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.
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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.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Amateur Updates..
HBT:
*The NYY are pursuing Ku-Pao HS INF Po-Rong (Jung) Wang, who is an above average runner
CPBL:*Lions RHP Wei-Lun Pan's new salary will be 530 K NT/month ($18,150 USD/month); the contract is just pending his signature.*Elephants Manager Chen is encouraging LHP Fu-Te Ni to return to the CPBL. Chen feels that Ni's fastball and breaking pitches won't be effective vs. MLB hitters. Ni is a non-roster invitee to the Tigers' ST camp.
*There's been some drastic measures passed to help curb the rigging of games in Taiwan. A player could get up to 10 years in jail.
*Taiwan is willing to host the Asian Series this year in an effort to revive the tournament.
*Lamigo Monkeys slugger Chih-Sheng Lin still hasn't reported to ST camp; he's waiting to hear back from the Cleveland Indians.
*Sinon Bulls RHP Chien-Fu Yang may get a tryout with the Chunichi Dragons.
*The Bulls signed their 4th round pick: C Kun-Sheng Lin to a ~ 2.5 million NT signing bonus (~$86 K USD).
MLB:Mets GM Sandy Alderson on Chin-Lung Hu:
With the remainder of the bench, I presumed -- I believe correctly -- that Chin-lung Hu’s role would be as a backup middle infielder, not directly in the second base competition. Is that correct?
“I think that’s the likely result. I think we view him as a very capable defensive shortstop, and provides us some insurance there, as well as at second base -- maybe late-inning defense at second, given what we have there at the moment, and foreseeably what we will have there at beginning of spring training. I think that’s the likely role for him. We’ll let spring training play out.”
*C Tse-Yang Peng from Ping-Zhen HS and IF Sung-Yuan Niu of Shi-Yuan HS both hit HR's in the current HS Wood Bat Tourney. Peng was the 2006 Bronco League World Series HR derby champ; while Niu (pictured below from '08) was on the 2008 Pony League World Series NT squad.
*Also from the tourney, Ku-Pao HS RHP Ping-Hsueh Chen topped out at 91 mph and RHP Shao-Ching Chiang was consistently at 90-91 mph.
*The NYY are pursuing Ku-Pao HS INF Po-Rong (Jung) Wang, who is an above average runner
*Shi-Yuan HS RHP Lee-Wei Chiang is still nursing an arm injury; he has been heavily pursued by the NYY since he was in JR HS.
CPBL:*Lions RHP Wei-Lun Pan's new salary will be 530 K NT/month ($18,150 USD/month); the contract is just pending his signature.
*There's been some drastic measures passed to help curb the rigging of games in Taiwan. A player could get up to 10 years in jail.
*Taiwan is willing to host the Asian Series this year in an effort to revive the tournament.
*Lamigo Monkeys slugger Chih-Sheng Lin still hasn't reported to ST camp; he's waiting to hear back from the Cleveland Indians.
*Sinon Bulls RHP Chien-Fu Yang may get a tryout with the Chunichi Dragons.
*The Bulls signed their 4th round pick: C Kun-Sheng Lin to a ~ 2.5 million NT signing bonus (~$86 K USD).
MLB:Mets GM Sandy Alderson on Chin-Lung Hu:
With the remainder of the bench, I presumed -- I believe correctly -- that Chin-lung Hu’s role would be as a backup middle infielder, not directly in the second base competition. Is that correct?
“I think that’s the likely result. I think we view him as a very capable defensive shortstop, and provides us some insurance there, as well as at second base -- maybe late-inning defense at second, given what we have there at the moment, and foreseeably what we will have there at beginning of spring training. I think that’s the likely role for him. We’ll let spring training play out.”
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
News Briefs....
*Hong-Chih Kuo is 2 games away from reaching a $25,000 bonus incentive (pitch in 55 games). Including today, there are 5 games remaining on the Dodgers' regular season schedule.
*A's scout Adam Hislop was rumored to have expressed interest in Ku-Pao HS INF Po-Rong (Jung) Wang (#7 pictured above). The 17 year old was an All-Star INF at the 2010 Taiwan Cup that Ku-Pao won.
*The Kansas City Royals reportedly offered $100 K to Cultural University C Kuan-Wei Yang.
*In preparation for the Intercontinental Cup, the senior NT will play 3 warm-up games at Tien Mu Stadium in Taipei:
Oct. 18th vs. Cuba
Oct. 19th vs. the Netherlands
Oct. 20th vs. Japan
*A's scout Adam Hislop was rumored to have expressed interest in Ku-Pao HS INF Po-Rong (Jung) Wang (#7 pictured above). The 17 year old was an All-Star INF at the 2010 Taiwan Cup that Ku-Pao won.
*The Kansas City Royals reportedly offered $100 K to Cultural University C Kuan-Wei Yang.
*In preparation for the Intercontinental Cup, the senior NT will play 3 warm-up games at Tien Mu Stadium in Taipei:
Oct. 18th vs. Cuba
Oct. 19th vs. the Netherlands
Oct. 20th vs. Japan
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