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Taiwan’s pro-ball usually starts after MLB’s season opener. There’s also the WBC this year, so I think sometime early to mid April.

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Official 35+1 roster, in bold if they were in my 30 player list.

Pitchers:

Name Hanji Position Team
Zhang Yi 張奕 SP Seibu Lions
Sung Chia-Hao 宋家豪 RP Rakuten Golden Eagles
Teng Kai-Wei 鄧愷威 SP Richmond Flying Squirrels
Lee C. C. 李振昌 RP Chinatrust Brothers
Wu Che-Yuan 吳哲源 SP Chinatrust Brothers
Lu Yen-Ching 呂彥青 RP Chinatrust Brothers
Huang Tzu-Peng 黃子鵬 SP Rakuten Monkeys
Tseng Jen-Ho 曾仁和 SP Rakuten Monkeys
Chen Kuan-yu 陳冠宇 RP Rakuten Monkeys
Chen Yu-Hsun 陳禹勳 RP Rakuten Monkeys
Wang Wei-Chung 王維中 SP Wei Chuan Dragons
Lin Kai-Wei 林凱威 RP Wei Chuan Dragons
Chen Kuan-Wei 陳冠偉 RP Wei Chuan Dragons
Hu Chih-Wei 胡智為 SP Uni Lions
Chiang Shao-Ching 江少慶 SP Fubon Guardians
Tseng Chun-Yueh 曾峻岳 RP Fubon Guardians
Chen Shih-Peng 陳仕朋 SP Fubon Guardians

Fielders:

Name Hanji Position Team
Giljegiljaw Kungkuan 吉力吉撈．鞏冠 C Wei Chuan Dragons
Kao Yu-Chieh 高宇杰 C Chinatrust Brothers
Dai-An Lin 林岱安 C Uni Lions
Dai Pei-Feng 戴培峰 C Fubon Guardians
Yu Chang 張育成 1B, 2B, 3B, SS
Lin Tzu-Wei, Tahai Isliduan 林子偉 2B, 3B, SS, OF Auckland Tuatara
Wu Nien-Ting 吳念庭 2B, SS Seibu Lions
Cheng Tsung-Che 鄭宗哲 2B, SS Bradenton Marauders
Wang Wei-Chen 王威晨 2B, SS, 3B Chinatrust Brothers
Jiang Kun-Yu 江坤宇 SS Chinatrust Brothers
Yueh Tung-Hua 岳東華 2B, SS, 3B Chinatrust Brothers
Lin Li 林立 2B, 3B Rakuten Monkeys
Fan Kuo-Chen 范國宸 1B Fubon Guardians
Wang Po-jung 王柏融 OF Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Chen Chen-wei 陳晨威 OF Rakuten Monkeys
Cheng Chin 成晉 OF Rakuten Monkeys
Kuo Tien-Hsin 郭天信 OF Wei Chuan Dragons
Chen Chieh-hsien 陳傑憲 OF Uni Lions
Lin An-Ko 林安可 OF Uni Lions

I think the list relied way too much on past achievements and not on the players’ recent performance. As a result, there are too many relief pitchers on the roster. My list has a SP to RP ratio of 8:5 . In contrast the official list has a ratio of 9:8… Be prepared to see the Team Taiwan tradition of forcing pitchers who hasn’t pitched as a starter for years to pitch critical games, and blowing it.

Chen Tzu-Hao is still recovering from his injury so he couldn’t play. Cheng Chin, Fan Kuo-Chen were on my back-up list. There are also plenty of players who were on the IL most of 2022 that are on the list. I also think we can expect that Yu Chang won’t play, since we have a “35+1” men roster, instead of just a 35 men roster.

I wonder how many of my 15 out of 30 will make their way into the final 30 men roster. Either way, I didn’t predict the list very well, since at best I only guessed 50% of the final list.

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The assistant GM says Yu Chang and Boron will bat at the middle of the order.

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I would use this order:

  1. LIN Li DH
  2. TAHAI Isliduan 2B
  3. WU Nienting 1B
  4. CHANG Yu SS
  5. KUNGKUAN Gil C
  6. WANG Bojung RF
  7. WANG Weichen 3B
  8. CHEN Chenwei CF
  9. KUO Tienxin LF
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From the latest interview, it seems like even though Lin Yi-min, who was playing for the Visalia Rawhide, a single A club affiliated with the Diamondbacks, in 2022, wasn’t included in the 36 men roster, he might still be selected in the 30 men roster. Lin Yi-min is a left handed starting pitcher with a top velocity of 94mph (151kph), and a nasty curve ball. He’s also only 19.

If that’s the case, it means they would need to cut 3 from the 17 pitchers in the 36 men roster.

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Weird mascot name.

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When I was looking at tickets the other day, I saw an article saying Mariano Rivera is throwing out the first pitch in the Panama/Taiwan game. You guys know if that’s true?

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It sure is.

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Cho Yaku injured inflamed shoulder, calls it quits on WBC.

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Team Italy has 13 active major leaguers? What? We’re hosed!

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I mean, when you can join the team if you have certain ancestry, that’s what happens…

Zhang Yi getting injured is very unfortunate. Though he wasn’t in my original list either.

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Hope Cho’s move doesn’t create a ripple effect and everyone else starts quitting too.

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There’s a jam in the infield.
吳念庭
林子偉
張育成
王威晨
林立
One dude isn’t going to start or has to DH.

I don’t think they’ll bench the team captain so it has to be 林立。

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Official 30-men roster is out

Pitchers:

Name Hanji Position Team
Sung Chia-Hao 宋家豪 RP Rakuten Golden Eagles
Teng Kai-Wei 鄧愷威 SP Richmond Flying Squirrels
Lu Yen-Ching 呂彥青 RP Chinatrust Brothers
Lee C. C. 李振昌 RP Chinatrust Brothers
Chen Yu-Hsun 陳禹勳 RP Rakuten Monkeys
Tseng Jen-Ho 曾仁和 SP Rakuten Monkeys
Huang Tzu-Peng 黃子鵬 SP Rakuten Monkeys
Chen Kuan-yu 陳冠宇 RP Rakuten Monkeys
Wang Wei-Chung 王維中 SP Wei Chuan Dragons
Chen Kuan-Wei 陳冠偉 RP Wei Chuan Dragons
Hu Chih-Wei 胡智為 SP Uni Lions
Tseng Chun-Yueh 曾峻岳 RP Fubon Guardians
Chiang Shao-Ching 江少慶 SP Fubon Guardians
Chen Shih-Peng 陳仕朋 SP Fubon Guardians

Wu Che-Yuan (吳哲源), Lin Kai-Wei (林凱威) were cut, and Zhang Yi (張奕) dropped out due to injury.

Fielders:

Name Hanji Position Team
Giljegiljaw Kungkuan 吉力吉撈．鞏冠 C Wei Chuan Dragons
Kao Yu-Chieh 高宇杰 C Chinatrust Brothers
Dai-An Lin 林岱安 C Uni Lions
Wang Wei-Chen 王威晨 2B, SS, 3B Chinatrust Brothers
Jiang Kun-Yu 江坤宇 SS Chinatrust Brothers
Lin Li 林立 2B, 3B Rakuten Monkeys
Fan Kuo-Chen 范國宸 1B Fubon Guardians
Wu Nien-Ting 吳念庭 2B, SS Seibu Lions
Cheng Tsung-Che 鄭宗哲 2B, SS Bradenton Marauders
Yu Chang 張育成 1B, 2B, 3B, SS
Lin Tzu-Wei, Tahai Isliduan 林子偉 2B, 3B, SS, OF Auckland Tuatara
Chen Chen-wei 陳晨威 OF Rakuten Monkeys
Cheng Chin 成晉 OF Rakuten Monkeys
Kuo Tien-Hsin 郭天信 OF Wei Chuan Dragons
Chen Chieh-hsien 陳傑憲 OF Uni Lions
Wang Po-jung 王柏融 OF Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Dai Pei-Feng (戴培峰), Yueh Tung-Hua (岳東華), and Lin An-Ko (林安可) were cut.

By the way, with the 30-men roster, my prediction has a measly 50% accuracy.

My misses:
Lin Hung-yu, Hsu Chi-hung, Chen Tzu-hao were injured so not really my fault. Cheng Chin was in my backup list, since so many got hurt, I think he should count as me getting it right.

They didn’t pick Ngayaw Ake’ cause… he’s old and could only DH? I don’t know, he totally should have been on the team. They didn’t pick Kou Yen-wen, who had an OPS of .746 and OPS+ of 122 because… I guess he is also older than Wang Wei-chen, otherwise they are comparable. They absolutely gave up on having dedicated 3B, otherwise they should have picked Liang Chia-Jung, who had an OPS of .744 and an OPS+ of 123. They didn’t pick Haro Ngayaw, I guess also because of his age?

As for the pitchers, Cudjui Taljimahaw claimed shoulder injury and dropped out. I’m not sure why they cut Wu Che-Yuan. They also didn’t like players from Wei Chuan Dragons I guess, except for Wang Wei-Chung who had MLB experience but has been struggling for at least the last 2 years.

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Lin Li had an OPS of .907 and OPS+ of 169 last season, I mean if you don’t want to make runs, then you could bench him. I think based on last year’s stats I would bench Wu Nian-ting. If you absolutely don’t want to bench NPB players regardless of how his performed last year, I would bench Wang Wei-chen. They could sub for Wu or Wang late in the game with a small lead to boost infield defense.

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Let the captain DH or sit then. He said he wants to avoid injury because he still has to play the season.

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This has to be our strongest team relative to our total pool.

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Good news for us.

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As of yet, the Giants organization hasn’t agreed to let Teng Kai-Wei play in the WBC yet, and as a result he is still in the US for his spring training. We don’t know when he can make his trip back to Taiwan. I mean, if he can’t come back that’d be a problem for his military service.

If Teng can’t come back, I’d imagine Wu Che-Yuan will probably take his place.

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Full rosters released for all the teams. Cespedes is on the Cuban roster. This’ll be fun.