Team Taiwan's Kuo Hsing-Chun has won the gold medal in women's 59 kg weightlifting at the Tokyo
#Olympics
Oh yeah, lifelong weightlifting fan checking in! 🥳
Philadelphia Phillies have signed 20-year-old fireballer 潘文輝 (Pan Wen-Hui). A signing press conference is scheduled on January 16.
As per Liberty Sports, the signing bonus is around 400,000 USD.
Pan throws a splitter, slider, curve, fastball topped out at 158 kph (98.2 mph).
Well, this is err... a very interesting way to pitch. Video taken from Taiwan's College Rubber Baseball Series. 鮑加安 (Bao Chia-An) allowed 1 earned run across 5 innings with 6 walks and 12 strikeouts.
Team Taiwan will not advance to the next round in the WBC after finishing Pool A with a 2W-2L record.
Despite facing tough opponents and being the underdog, Team Taiwan put on a respectable show for fans around the world this week.
THANK YOU HEROES! 🫡🥰
#WorldBaseballClassic
According to the Uni-Lions, their new foreign pitcher Mike Fiers has failed the physical, therefore the team decided to terminate the contract with him.
#CPBL
Team Taiwan's 張育成 (Yu Chang) was in tears after today's game against Cuba. 😭
It's not the most ideal outcome, but we are proud of this Taiwanese national team in the 2023 WBC.
G1 🇹🇼 5-12 🇵🇦
G2 🇹🇼 11-7 🇮🇹
G3 🇹🇼 9-5 🇳🇱
G4 🇹🇼 1-7 🇨🇺
#WorldBaseballClassic
Team Taiwan's 張育成 (Yu Chang) decided to take a photo with his Roomba robot vacuum cleaner after being named the most valuable player of Pool A in the WBC. 🫡🤖
#WorldBaseballClassic
According to the Uni-Lions general manager, they are planning to travel to Japan in February 2024 and play a few exhibition games against the Seibu Lions.
#CPBL
#NPB
San Francisco Giants have called up 鄧愷威 (Teng Kai-Wei). The 25-year-old Taiwanese RHP is set to become the 17th Taiwanese player to make his MLB debut. 👀
📣 Lifelong San Francisco Giants fan checking in!
#MLBTW
The
#SFGiants
made the following roster moves today:
• OF Luis Matos and RHP Kai-Wei Teng recalled from Triple-A Sacramento
• OF Mike Yastrzemski placed on the Paternity List
• RHP Luke Jackson placed on the 15-day Injured List with a lower back strain
According to ETtoday, the NPB's Yomiuri Giants (
@TokyoGiants
) are likely to visit Taiwan in 2024 and play two exhibition games against the Rakuten Monkeys and CTBC Brothers at the Taipei Dome on March 2-3. 👀
#CPBL
#NPB
#巨人
According to OurSports TV, the Cincinnati Reds have signed 17-year-old fireballer 林盛恩 (Lin Sheng-En), the signing bonus is reportedly around 1.2 million USD.
There will be an official signing press conference on June 6 at the Marriott Hotel in Taipei.
#MLBTW
#ATOBTTR
With the 2020
#CPBL
season starting on April 11 behind closed doors. The Rakuten Monkeys announced that they will have robot mannequins in the stands dressed up as fans. 🤖
According to UDN, the Fubon Guardians and CTBC Brothers are thinking to start their own English broadcast for international fans. Eleven Sports Taiwan tested the English commentary market last week and accumulated over 5 million views across 5 games.
#CPBL
20-year-old 潘文輝 (Pan Wen-Hui) is officially a member of the Philadelphia Phillies family! (📷 via Vamos Sports).
At the press conference, Pan revealed that he hopes to reach MLB within 5 years.
The signing bonus is 350K USD with $70K tuition allowance (total $420K).
#MLBTW
According to ETtoday, the CTBC Brothers are close to signing 平野恵一 (Keiichi Hirano) as a coach.
#CPBL
The former NPB All-Star was active in the
#NPB
from 2002 to 2015 and worked as a coach within the Hanshin Tigers system since 2016.
2024
#CPBL
All-Star Game
Who says only players can participate in the All-Star Game?
We have the CTBC Brothers' pitching coach 王建民 (Wang Chien-Ming) vs TSG Hawks' manager 洪一中 (Hong I-Chung).
San Francisco Giants have officially signed 21-year-old Taiwanese RHP 李晨薰 (Lee Chen-Hsun) for a signing bonus of 650,000 USD with an additional $150K as tuition allowance.
Lee throws a slider, changeup, splitter, curveball. His fastball tops out at 154 kph (95.7 mph).
#MLBTW
According to the
#CPBL
commissioner, TV networks from Japan, USA and Australia are currently in talks with the Taiwanese league for the international broadcasting rights. 😮
According to Eleven Sports Taiwan, they will continue to offer English commentary starting this Friday with the Uni-Lions' home series. Overseas viewers can stream the games at
@ElevenSportsTW
#CPBL
18-year-old Taiwanese left-hander 林維恩 (Lin Wei-En) is now officially a member of the Oakland Athletics. According to the media, the A's signed Lin Wei-En for 1.35 million USD.
#MLBTW
Team Taiwan's reliever 吳哲源 (Wu Che-Yuan) hugged Mariano Rivera yesterday. And today, Wu Che-Yuan pitched 4.1 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts against the Kingdom of Netherlands. 😮
#WorldBaseballClassic
SIGNED! 17-year-old Taiwanese outfielder 柯敬賢 (Ko Ching-Hsien) is now officially a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers!
According to the local media, the Dodgers signed Ko Ching-Hsien for 750,000 USD.
#MLBTW
#Dodgers
According to Eleven Sports, their broadcast last night attracted over 640,000 views on Twitter and 300,000 views on Twitch.
Eleven Sports Taiwan will provide English commentary for the next 5 Monkeys' home games on Twitter, then review whether to continue or not.
#CPBL
Anyong Fresh held a signing ceremony for 陳冠宇 (Chen Kuan-Yu). The former NPB left-hander is expected to stay in the industrial league for 6 months before entering the 2021
#CPBL
draft.
陳冠宇 (Chen Kuan-Yu) has signed a 6-month contract with Anyong Fresh of Taiwan's industrial league. The former NPB left-hander is expected to enter the
#CPBL
draft this year.
Two quality pre-game guests at the Wei-Chuan Dragons' first home opener. 🤮
⏺️ Mass murderer's alleged grandson. 🤡
⏺️ Owner of a company that poisoned millions of Taiwanese with their tainted oil. 🤡
Mayor of Taoyuan told the media today that the city will provide $67,000 USD to fund the English commentary service for all the Rakuten Monkeysc home games this season.
#CPBL
The deputy mayor of Taipei City shared some photos of the Taipei Dome.
The facility is very likely to host the upcoming Asian Baseball Championship in December.
Team Taiwan's 王齊麟 (Wang Chi-Lin), who recently won the gold medal in men's doubles badminton at the Paris Olympics, attended the
#CPBL
game last night. 🥇
#CPBL
Trade Rumour
According to Liberty Sports, the TSG Hawks have reached an agreement with the Rakuten Monkeys.
The Hawks will trade their 2023 1st round pick 林子偉 (Lin Tzu-Wei) to Monkeys for the future negotiation rights of 王柏融 (Wang Po-Jung) several other players.
2024
#CPBL
All-Star Game
The matchup every Taiwanese baseball fan has been waiting for: the showdown between two iconic Taiwanese MLB players.
Fubon Guardians' manager 陳金鋒 (Chen Chin-Feng) vs CTBC Brothers' pitching coach 王建民 (Wang Chien-Ming).
Lin Sheng-En (林盛恩) was asked by the media why he chose MLB over NPB, despite receiving a higher offer ($1.4M) from NPB.
"I chose Cincinnati Reds because I feel the MLB style of play suits me better. My swing, plate approach are more in line with the American style," said Lin.
"Nicchiro" the Ichiro Suzuki impersonator,
#NPB
mascots Doala and Ki-Ta took part in the first pitch ceremony before the
#Lamigo
Monkeys home game.
#CPBL
#ニッチロー'
"If Taiwan needs me, I'll come back."
Team Taiwan's "Minister of Defence" 張育成 (Yu Chang) told the media that he would love to play for the national team again in the future. 🫡
Yu Chang was named Pool A MVP after slashing .438/.500/.938 with 2 HR.
#WorldBaseballClassic
Can't get enough of Team Taiwan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic and want to see more of this team in other major international tournaments?
⏺️ 2024 WBSC Premier12
⏺️ 2025 WBC Qualifier
⏺️ 2026 WBC (If qualified)
⏺️ 2017 Olympic Qualifier
⏺️ 2028 Olympics (if qualified)
Former
#CPBL
foreign player 高野圭佑 (Takano Keisuke) claimed he was on JP¥100K monthly salary during his time with the CTBC Brothers.
The Brothers released a statement today stating he was on JP¥207K monthly salary as a farm team player. Team also provided food & accommodation.
In this year's WBC, Team Taiwan showed the world that our top
#CPBL
talents, without prior MLB/NPB experience, are quite capable when facing higher-level pitching.
Lin Li - .467/.529/.533
Chen Chieh-Hsien - .357/.438/.643
Chiang Kun-Yu - .333/.357/.417
#WorldBaseballClassic
Yomiuri Giants 2024 Taiwan Tour
The Yomiuri Giants have unveiled the visual for their upcoming exhibition games against
#CPBL
teams in Taiwan at the Taipei Dome.
🔸 March 2: vs. CTBC Brothers
🔸 March 3: vs. Rakuten Monkeys
Team Taiwan's Lin Tzu-Wei and Yu Chang met up with their Boston Red Sox teammate Xander Bogaerts, who is representing Team Netherlands in the 2023 WBC.
#WorldBaseballClassic
As per Liberty Sports, NPB's Nippon-Ham Fighters are targeting the Uni-Lions ace, 古林睿煬 (Gu Lin Ruei-Yang). Both parties already met earlier this year.
The 24-year-old will be eligible to file for international free agency (posting) at the end of the 2024
#CPBL
season.
The
@CPBL
is
#Taiwan
’s professional baseball league, & I hope you’ll help us cheer them on no matter where you are!
Quick Guide to 2020 CPBL Season here:
#StayHome
and watch
#CPBL
[Taiwan High School Baseball] 18-year-old shortstop 周委宏 (Chou Wei-Hung) unleashed a savage bat flip after he smoked a hanging curveball to deep right.
#TWHSBaseball
Jensen Huang (黃仁勳), founder and CEO of NVIDIA, throws out the ceremonial 1st pitch at the
#CPBL
game last night.
"I get a bit nervous with so many people watching. Can I ask you all for a little favour and close your eyes when I throw out the first pitch?" Huang said jokingly
According to TSNA, former Nippon-Ham Fighters' 王柏融 (Wang Po-Jung) is likely to stay in Japan for the 2023 season as there are other NPB teams interested in him. 😮
#NPBTW
Rakuten Monkeys GM hinted to ETtoday that 王柏融 (Wang Po-Jung) might not return to the CPBL next year.
Here are the cryptic quotes from the Monkeys GM.
"I know there's some good news (development), probably some options on the table."
"Hope he can grab this new opportunity."
According to Liberty Sports, MLB free agent 張育成 (Yu Chang) has received offers from MLB, NPB, and KBO teams.
Chang, the 28-year-old infielder, is set to make a decision regarding the upcoming 2024 season at the end of January. 🫡
#MLBTW
Los Angeles Dodgers' newest international signing, 柯敬賢 (Ko Ching-Hsien), just crushed a 3-run home run at a high school tournament today. 💪
#MLBTW
#Dodgers
#TWHSBaseball
WELCOME HOME, YU CHANG! 🫡
Taiwanese MLB infielder 張育成 (Yu Chang) has announced on his social media that he will leave the Tampa Bay Rays organisation and return to Taiwan to enter the 2024
#CPBL
draft.
MLB The Show 23 will features 3 Taiwanese players from the
#CPBL
in Diamond Dynasty mode.
⏺️ 林立 (Lin Li)
⏺️ 陳傑憲 (Chen Chieh-Hsien)
⏺️ Giljegiljaw Kungkuan
My last baseball game was MVP 2005, so have no idea what's a Diamond Dynasty mode.
I think I'll try it on Game Pass.