Lin Wei-En Selected for "Baseball America" Top 100 Prospects, Fourth Taiwanese Player in History
Taiwanese baseball player Lin Wei-En has been selected for "Baseball America"'s Top 100 Prospects list, becoming the fourth Taiwanese player in history and the first in 18 years since Hu Chin-Lung. Lin Wei-En, 20, is performing well with the Athletics' Double-A team.
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(Central News Agency reporter Lin Hung-han, Los Angeles, 6th) Taiwanese baseball player Lin Wei-En has entered the authoritative baseball media "Baseball America"'s Top 100 Prospects list, becoming the first Taiwanese player in 18 years since Hu Chin-Lung, and only the fourth Taiwanese player in history to make the top 100.
Before Lin Wei-En, only three Taiwanese players had entered the "Baseball America" Top 100 Prospects list. These three players were all top Taiwanese players who were once very popular: Chen Chin-Feng, Tsao Chin-Hui, and Hu Chin-Lung.
There are 30 Major League Baseball teams, and each team has over a hundred minor league prospects, with a total of nearly 5,000 minor league prospects across the US. Being selected for the Top 100 Prospects is equivalent to being among the top 3 to 4 prospects in each team's minor league system, which means being among the top 2% of all minor league players in the US.
Lin Wei-En, only 20 years old, is playing for the Athletics' Double-A team, the Midland RockHounds, and has had an outstanding season. In 5 starts, he has pitched 21 innings, recorded 27 strikeouts, and has an ERA of 2.14.
Lin Wei-En's talent surpasses his peers. Scout reports indicate that he is the second-youngest pitcher in the Texas League this season; this league is usually hitter-friendly, but Lin Wei-En still easily achieves good results. "He can make hitters swing and miss, throw the ball into the strike zone, and suppress opposing offenses."
Since Chen Chin-Feng joined the Dodgers in 1999, over a hundred Taiwanese players have challenged professional baseball in the US, but only Chen Chin-Feng, Tsao Chin-Hui, Hu Chin-Lung, and Lin Wei-En have been selected for the "Baseball America" Top 100 Prospects list.
Left-handed pitcher Lin Wei-En, from Taoyuan, possesses a tall physique of 188 cm and 81 kg. He first went to the US last year, moving from Single-A to High-A, and then to Double-A within one season. This year, he started in Double-A, making him arguably the fastest-rising Taiwanese player in the US in recent years. (Editor: Chang Chih-hsuan) 1150507
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(Central News Agency reporter Lin Hung-han, Los Angeles, 6th) Taiwanese baseball player Lin Wei-En has entered the authoritative baseball media "Baseball America"'s Top 100 Prospects list, becoming the first Taiwanese player in 18 years since Hu Chin-Lung, and only the fourth Taiwanese player in history to make the top 100.
Before Lin Wei-En, only three Taiwanese players had entered the "Baseball America" Top 100 Prospects list. These three players were all top Taiwanese players who were once very popular: Chen Chin-Feng, Tsao Chin-Hui, and Hu Chin-Lung.
There are 30 Major League Baseball teams, and each team has over a hundred minor league prospects, with a total of nearly 5,000 minor league prospects across the US. Being selected for the Top 100 Prospects is equivalent to being among the top 3 to 4 prospects in each team's minor league system, which means being among the top 2% of all minor league players in the US.
Lin Wei-En, only 20 years old, is playing for the Athletics' Double-A team, the Midland RockHounds, and has had an outstanding season. In 5 starts, he has pitched 21 innings, recorded 27 strikeouts, and has an ERA of 2.14.
Lin Wei-En's talent surpasses his peers. Scout reports indicate that he is the second-youngest pitcher in the Texas League this season; this league is usually hitter-friendly, but Lin Wei-En still easily achieves good results. "He can make hitters swing and miss, throw the ball into the strike zone, and suppress opposing offenses."
Since Chen Chin-Feng joined the Dodgers in 1999, over a hundred Taiwanese players have challenged professional baseball in the US, but only Chen Chin-Feng, Tsao Chin-Hui, Hu Chin-Lung, and Lin Wei-En have been selected for the "Baseball America" Top 100 Prospects list.
Left-handed pitcher Lin Wei-En, from Taoyuan, possesses a tall physique of 188 cm and 81 kg. He first went to the US last year, moving from Single-A to High-A, and then to Double-A within one season. This year, he started in Double-A, making him arguably the fastest-rising Taiwanese player in the US in recent years. (Editor: Chang Chih-hsuan) 1150507
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