Prospect Update: Wei-Chung Wang

Kaohsiung county LHP Wei-Chung Wang is attracting interest from MLB teams.  The 6'1", 170 pound youngster has a smooth delivery with a clean arm action.   Although his arm speed is just average, he is very projectable. Earlier this year, his fastball was in the low 80's but he has hit 88 mph quite a few times in the current Yu-Shan Cup; he has also flashed an above average changeup that he throws for a strike. Rumor has it that he is represented by Jerry Sung, and his asking price is $300,000. Octagon may be pursuing him too.

The 18 year old (4/25/92) is the younger brother of Cubs signee Yao-Lin Wang.




(Wang's #'s from his last outing 6/1/10: ND, 9 IP, 1 R, 9 H, 7 K's, 1 BB)

Cubs Sign Yao-Lin Wang.....

San-Hsin senior RHP Yao-Lin Wang becomes the first signing in '09 of an amateur player by a ML club. The Cubs inked Wang to a ~ $260 K signing bonus. The 18 year old (DOB: 2/5/91), who stands 5'11" and weighs 172 pounds has already passed his physical. He has been selected to this year's junior NT.

Wang is one of the hardest throwing HS pitchers on the island (clocked in the low 90's) and has represented the country in the past ('06 on the World Boys Baseball Tournament NT - that included teammate Wei-Da Su).

YLW's Album




OTHER HS PLAYER NOTES:
*Word is that INF Ping-Chieh Chen has turned down a $300 K offer from the Cubs. The reason? He reportedly received pressure from his future college coach Hua-Wei Lin (forcing him not to sign).

*RHP Ming-Chie Lin will be attending Chinese Culture University and currently has no interest in playing pro baseball overseas.

2009 Junior NT Announced.......Yao-Lin Wang Update....

2009 AAA NT
PITCHERS (6):
1)Tien-Ting Lee (Tainan City)
2)Cheng-Han Tsai (Tainan City)
3)Sheng-Nan Chen (Kaohsiung County)
4)Kuo-Hua Lo (Kaoshiung City)
5)Yao-Lin Wang (Kaoshiung City)
6)Kao-Chen Chu (Taitung County)

CATCHERS (3):
1)Cheng-Ming Chen (Tainan City)
2)Shih-Hao Liu (Taichung City)
3)Shao-Ming Ke (Ko) (Taoyuan County)

INFIELDERS (5):
1)Fu-Lin Kuo (Tainan City)
2)Ping-Chieh Chen (Tainan City)
3)Chien-Ting Feng (Tainan City)
4)Yu-Jen Chen (Kaohsiung City)
5)Yu-Te He (Ho) (Yilan County)

OUTFIELDERS (4):
1)Keng-Hao Chang (Tainan City)
2)Tien-Wei Wang (Taipei City)
3)Tai-Yan Kuo (Taoyuan County)
4)Chih-Tang Pan (Taoyuan County)

Player locale breakdown (and corresponding finish in the Yu-Shan Cup):
7 - Tainan City (1)
3 - Kaohsiung City (2)
3 - Taoyuan County (3)
1 - Taitung County (4)
1 - Kaohsiung County (5)
1 - Yilan County (6)
1 - Taichung City (7)
1 - Taipei City (8)




Amateur:
*UDN.com is reporting that the Chicago Cubs offered San-Hsin staff ace Yao-Lin Wang $250 K, a figure pretty close to the rumored $260 K offer from the Cubs. The Twins are also rumored to have offered $250 K. *Edited

*Nan-Ying speedster Ping-Chieh Chen is rumored to have a few offers of around $300 K.

*The New York Yankees are still pursuing Gao-Nong slugger Wei-Da Su.

*NT News:
The "Blue" squad defeated the "White" squad 9-2 on Monday. La New Bears minor leaguer Hung-Yu Lin cracked a 2-run home run (2-4, 3B, HR, 3 RBI) to lead the way for the blue squad.
Teammates - Bulls farmhand Jui-Mu Chen was 2-3 with 2 triples and 2 RBI, while Yen-Feng Lin threw 1 scoreless inning for the blue squad.
*UPDATED


MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 0-4 (8th inning)

AA - CJ Lo 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

A+ - CH Chiang 0-4 / CH Lin 1-3

A+ - KH Lo 1-1 (4th inning)


*Former Phillies farmhand Yen-Feng Lin is hoping to follow CH Cheng's path back to the US. Lin will work out for the Tigers, Pirates, Indians, and Twins.
*UPDATED




CPBL Standings:

Team	W	D	L	GB	E	WP
Lions	28	2	19	--	--	0.596
Bears	26	1	21	2	10	0.553
Bulls	23	2	24	5	7	0.489
Elephants	18	1	31	11	e	0.367

Nan-Ying (Tainan City) Wins Yet Again......

CPBL:
Lions 5 - Bears 2:

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

Attendance: 3,569

WP - Mickey Callaway (5-3, 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 4 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Mike Johnson (1-1, 5 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 7 H, 5 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Lions:
SS Tung-Yi Yang 1-5, SB, RBI
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 2-3, 2B, 2 BB's, 2 RBI - game MVP
1B KC Kao 1-4, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-4
CF Feng-Pin Hsu 2-4, SB, RBI

Bears:
2B Chih-Sheng Lin 1-4, 2B
DH CFC 1-4, HR (15), RBI

CFC's 15th HR

Bulls 4 - Elephants 1:

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

Attendance: 4,154

WP - Shoda Itsuki (6-2, 7.2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 5 K's, 3 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Yu-Cheng Liao (5-2, 5.1 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 8 H, 0 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-4
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-3
DH Tarzan 0-3, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 3-4, 2 2B's
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, 2 RBI

Elephants:
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, RBI

Vid Game Highlights

Yu-Shan Cup:
Nan-Ying laid its claim to the most dominant HS baseball program on the island as it won yet another major HS baseball tourney title (last Yu-Shan Cup title was 6 years ago - won the Taiwan Cup in March, HS Wood Bat Tourney in December). Nan-Ying (Tainan City) defeated Kaohsiung City (San-Hsin/San Min HS) 7-0 in the championship game. Tourney MVP Keng-Hao Chang (clocked at a high of 91 mph) not only extended his scoreless streak to 58 innings, but he also defeated the tourney's other outstanding staff ace - Yao-Lin Wang (San-Hsin HS).

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tainan City	2	1	1	0	0	3	0			7	8	0
Kaohsiung City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	3	2

WP - Keng-Hao Chang
LP - Yao-Lin Wang


Taoyuan Couny earned third in the tourney with a 2-1 win over Taitung County.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Taitung County	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Taoyuan County	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	10	1

WP - Ming-Chieh Lu
LP - Kao-Chen Chu
S - Shuo-Feng Tseng

*Other Tourney Finishers:
5)Kaohsiung County
6)Yilan County
7)Taichung City
8)Taipei City

*Tourney Awards:
Top BA: Fu-Lin Kuo (Tainan City) .485
Most RBI: Fu-Lin Kuo (Tainan City) 16
Top Pitcher: Keng-Hao Chang (Tainan City) 2 Wins / 0.00 ERA
Most HR: Tai-Yan Kuo (Taoyuan County) 1
MVP: Keng-Hao Chang

Yu-Shan Cup All-Stars:
1)P - Tien-Ting Lee (Tainan City)
2)C - Shao-Ming Ke (Ko) (Taoyuan County)
3)1B - Pei-Hua Hu (Taitung County)
4)2B - Ping-Chieh Chen (Tainan City)
5)3B - Fu-Lin Kuo (Tainan City)
6)SS - Han-Hsin Lin (Kaohsiung City)
7)OF - Keng-Hao Chang (Tainan City)
8)OF - Chih-Tang Pan (Taoyuan County)
9)OF - Wei-Kang Sung (Kaohsiung City)
10)DH - Kuo-Lin Lo (Kaohsiung County)




MILB:
A - YW Kuo 1-4, RBI

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

A+ - KH Lo 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, OF Assist

AAA - CL Hu 3-5, SB (7), 2 RBI



MLB:
CMW Article
Next Start: Wed vs. Tim Wakefield & the Red Sox


NPB:
Tigers 4 - Hawks 3: WC Lin 1-1
*Updated

Kaohsiung City (San-Hsin/San-Min HS) to Face Tainan City (Nan-Ying HS)....

CPBL:
Elephants 2 - Bulls 0:

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

Attendance: 6,069

WP - Chin-Hui Tsao (3-4, 7.1 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 3 K's/BB's) - game MVP
LP - Alfredo Gonzalez (0-1, 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Elephants:
3B Hung-Sen Chu 1-3, SB, RBI
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-3, SB

Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-4
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-4
DH Tarzan 0-3

Game Vid Recap

Lions 5 - Bears 3:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bears	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	5	0
Lions	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	1

Attendance: 3,264

WP - Wei-Ming Chu (5-3, 5.1 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 4 H, 4 K's, 5 BB's)
LP - Si-Yo Wu (3-4, 7 IP, 4 R, 8 H, 4 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Lions:
3B Jose Castillo 2-4, HR (6), RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 3-3, RBI
CF Ching-He Chuang 2-3
2B Tzu-Sung Wang 1-3, HR (1), 3 RBI - game MVP

Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 0-2, RBI
2B Chih-Sheng Lin 0-3
DH CFC 2-4, HR (14), RBI

CFC's 14th Bomb

Yu-Shan Cup Semifinals:
1)Kaohsiung City 4 - Taitung County 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Taitung County	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	2
Kaohsiung City	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4	9	0

WP - Yao-Te Tsai
LP - Hsiang-Ying Wang
S - Chia-Ming Huang

2)Tainan City 7 - Taoyuan County 0 (8)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Taoyuan County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	4
Tainan City	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3		7	6	0

WP - Tien-Ting Lee
LP - Shih-Ying Peng


***Possible starters in tomorrow's championship game include staff aces Yao-Lin Wang (KC) and Keng-Hao Chang (TC).

YL Wang (L)/KH Chang (R)

Taoyuan County and Taitung County will square off for third place.





MILB:
Yen-Wen Kuo Brief

AAA - CL Hu 1-3 (5th)

AA - HW Chen W 3-5, 5 IP, 3 R, 9 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's, 1 HR allowed

AA - CJ Lo 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB

A+ - CH Cheng ND, 5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's/BB's

A+ - CH Lin 1-2, 2 BB's, RBI / CH Chiang 1-4

A - YW Kuo 0-3
*UPDATED

Amateur Player News...

CPBL:
May MVP's (stats from May):

Hitting: Yi-Chuan Lin (Bulls) .415 BA / 94 AB / 39 H / 5 HR / 23 RBI
Pitching: Aaron Rakers (Bears) 2 W - 1 L / 35.1 IP / 2.29 ERA / 22 K's / 7 BB's


Standings:

Team	W	D	L	GB	WP
Bears	25	1	17	--	0.595
Lions	23	2	19	2	0.548
Bulls	22	2	20	3	0.524
Elephants	15	1	29	11	0.341

Other:
*Agent Chien-Chen Chen's client RHP Yao-Lin Wang is getting interest from multiple teams including the Cubs and Twins.

*Bros client RHP Chun-Chen Chiang had a workout in front of scouts last week; he topped out at 91 and showed a feel for the changeup.

*Octagon clients: INF Fu-Lin Kuo reportedly recevied an offer of $30 K from the Twins, while INF Wei-Da Su was offered $20 K from the same team.

*RHP Ming-Chieh Lin has only topped out 86 mph in the tourney.

*The Elite Eight:

The final eight teams standing in the Yu-Shan Cup are striving not only to win the tourney, but also to represent the country in the junior "AAA" Asian championships to be held later this summer (August) in South Korea. The winning team will form the backbone of the NT roster.

Yu-Shan Cup Stats (Top 5):
BA:
1)Tsung-Hua Chan (Taichung County) .818
2)Yu-Te He (Ho) (Yilan County) .800
3)Ting-Lun Chang (Kaohsiung City) .750
4)Chia-Ching Lin (Taichung City) .750
5)Kuo-Lin Lo (Kaoshiung County) .667

HR:
1)Tien-Wei Wang (Taipei City) 1

RBI:
1)Shao-Ming Ke (Ko) (Taoyuan County) 5
2)Chih-Tang Pan (Taoyuan County) 5
3)Wei-Chieh Chou (Taoyuan County) 4
4)Ting-Lun Chang (Kaohsiung City) 4
5)Pei-Hua Hu (Taitung County)

Hits:
1)Tsung-Hua Chan (Taichung County) 9
2)Yu-Fan Tsai (Chiayi City) 7
3)Pei-Hua Hu (Taitung County) 7
4)Sheng-En Yang (Chiayi City) 7
5)Ting-Lun Chang (Kaohsiung City) 6

SB:
1)Hung-Wei Shih (Kaohsiung City) 4
2)Pei-Lun Yang (Taichung City) 3
3)Wen-Chih Tseng (Yilan County) 3
4)Chia-Ching Lin (Taichung City) 2
5)Chun-Hao Wu (Taipei City) 2

OBP:
1)Yu-Te He (Ho) (Yilan County) .875
2)Chia-Ching Lin (Taichung City) .833
3)Tsung-Hua Chan (Taichung County) .818
4)Ting-Lun Chang (Kaohsiung City) .800
5)Wen-Chih Tseng (Yilan County) .750

Wins:
1)Kao-Chen Chu (Taitung County) 1
2)Sheng-Nan Chen (Kaohsiung County) 1
3)Hsiang-Ying Wang (Taitung County) 1
4)Yao-Lin Wang (Kaohsiung City) 1
5)Meng-Chen Fan (Taichung City) 1

ERA:
1)Sheng-Nan Chen (Kaohsiung County) 0.00
2)Yao-Lin Wang (Kaohsiung City) 0.00
3)Chi-Hao Lin (Kaohsiung City) 0.00
4)Meng-Chen Fan (Taichung City) 0.00
5)Chia-Wei Huang (Taitung County) 0.00

K's:
1)Sheng-Nan Chen (Kaohsiung County) 13
2)Yao-Lin Wang (Kaohsiung City) 11
3)Hsiang-Ying Wang (Taitung County) 8
4)Chi-Hao Lin (Kaohsiung City) 8
5)Kuan-Ju Chen (Chiayi County) 8

IP:
1)Kao-Chen Chu (Taitung County) 13.2
2)Sheng-Nan Chen (Kaohsiung County) 9.2
3)Shi-Ying Peng (Taoyuan County) 9
4)Yao-Lin Wang (Kaohsiung City) 9
5)Hsiang-Ying Wang (Taitung County) 9

Saves:
1)Kao-Chen Chu (Taitung County) 1
2)Kuan-Hsun Chen (Chiayi City) 1
3)Cheng-Ting Ke (Ko) (Hsinchu County) 1
4)Che-Min Hsu (Yilan County) 1
5)Yu-Te He (Ho) (Yilan County) 1





MILB:
*YW Kuo - looking good in BP

*CH Cheng 411: "Cheng doesn’t have the velocity to challenge hitters up in the zone, and Hillcats pitching coach Wally Whitehurst has repeatedly stressed that Cheng — and every Hillcat pitcher — attack the lower half of the zone.

“He’s got to understand who he is, and not what he thinks he is,” Whitehurst said. “Everybody likes to throw hard. Some people can and some people can’t. For the most part, he stays within himself and throws the ball down in the strike zone, and he produces a lot of weak swings. He needs to understand that and see that.”

Cheng hasn’t allowed a run in his last two starts. His future in the rotation is uncertain — LHP Bryan Morris continues his rehab in Florida and should be back with the Hillcats soon, and the Pirates’ brass will likely want to see what Morris, a former first-round draft pick, can do in the rotation.

*Indians C Chun-Hsiu Chen has hit 8 HR's so far in XST and is batting around .300


Scores:
AAA - CL Hu 1-4, 2B

AA - HW Chen L 2-5, 3 IP, 8 R - 7 ER, 11 H, 3 K's, 0 BB - 1 HR allowed

A+ - CH Chiang 1-3, 2 RBI, E #3 / CH Lin 0-4, BB

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 0-3, BB




MLB:
HC Kuo Update

HS Tourney Notes....

*NY INF Fu-Lin Kuo was a disappointment despite making the all-tourney team; he hit poorly in the game against Chia-Yi HS, a team with subpar talent. Kuo is represented by Octagon's Kelvin Lee, who signed the kid through Nan-Ying HS coach Chen's assistance.

*Kuo's teammate - NY 2B Ping-Chieh Chen had an impressive tourney, regaining some of the lost luster to his top prospect billing. His only problem is whether he can stay at 2B with his lack of agility & range defensively. The Phillies scout in Taiwan spoke with the Nan-Ying HS coach about Chen, who is represented by Bros Sports.

*SY side-armer Po-Cheng Chi strained his shoulder in the tourney but despite this, coach Huang used him in the semi-final game. Not surprisingly, Chi got roughed up against Nan-Ying. His velocity in the tourney was 84-85 mph.

*SH RHP Yao-Lin Wang showed better command in his outing, flashing an average slider, and demonstrated good athleticism on the mound. His velocity was around 87-89 mph, topping out at 90 mph. It appears several teams might be interested in him including the Cubs, Mariners, and D-Rays.





***Congrats to both South Korea and Japan for making it to the championship game of the WBC. I guess it was "destiny" as Ichiro deemed it that the two Asian baseball powers would be the last two standing.

Monday News....

*If Taiwan can make it to the second round of the WBC (to be played in San Diego), it would get a chance to play against the Dodgers (and possibly face Hu and Kuo) and Padres in a warm up match (on the 11th and 12th of March) prior to the second round of the WBC.


*The NT kicks off its first warm up match against a select western Australian squad made up of players with US minor league experience. Hong-Wen Chen is expected to be the starting pitcher in that game.

Expected lineup for tomorrow's game:
1)RF Chih-Yao Chan
2)CF Che-Hsuan Lin
3)LF Chih-Hsien Chiang
4)DH Yi-Chuan Lin
5)3B Chih-Hsiang Huang
6)2B Yen-Wen Kuo
7)1B Chuan-Chia Wang
8)C Yi-Feng Kuo
9)SS Sheng-Wei Wang

Click here for game play-by-play action and stats.

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YL Wang

In the Ta-Tung Cup, San-Hsin senior Yao-Lin Wang was clocked at 94 mph on the stadium gun (in actuality the reading was probably closer to 91-92 mph). He pitched one inning. San-Hsin won 15-0 in 7 innings. Wang's teammate, LHP Hua-Wei Lo was clocked at 90 mph - he also pitched an inning. San-Hsin's pitching staff is loaded: including heralded players RHP Chia-Ming Huang and RHP Tzu-An Wang. Huang and TA Wang pitched the 6th and 7th innings respectively in the blowout win.

HW Lo