After not making the #Chinese_Taipei national team, #Cincinati_Reds prospect #Sheng-En_Lin has left Taiwan and will report to Reds Spring Training on time.
Lin reportedly suffered a "lower body" injury, most likely sustained on a pitching delivery in an exhibition game against the #TSG_Hawks.
#Chinese_Taipei defeated #TSG_Hawks 5:4 in an exhibition game today. CT used all 15 position players and had 9 hits, including a 1st inning 2-run HR by Tzu-hao Chen.
The game was closed to the public and even media. #Pittsburgh #Pirates minor league RHP Po-Yu Chen struggled in his brief appearance.
Buy from #Bros_Sports or #StanCave, only if you're into #Chinese_Taipei.
#Bros_Sports, the official promoter of the #2025_World_Baseball_Classics_Qualifier in Taipei, is selling merchandizes through www.StanCave.com. From the looks of it, fans will not be seeing any mention of #Team_Taiwan during the #WBCQ. Back to #Chinese_Taipei we go.
Thanks #Jim_Small and #Jesse_Lin!
In a series of interviews since #Chinese_Taipei won the #Premier12, CPBL Commissioner Chi-Chang Tsai (蔡其昌) has revealed:
1> He hand-picked #Rakuten_Monkeys minor league manager Hao-Jiu Tseng (曾豪駒) to manage #Team_Taiwan.
2> There will be significant roster changes coming to the WBC Qualifier squad.
#CPBL is selling #Premier12 Global Champion merchandise to celebrate #Chinese_Taipei / #Team_Taiwan winning the tournament last week. However it is missing the official license from #WBSC.
This kind of sneaky maneuver is still common in Taiwan, and so far there is no statement from WBSC, either.
#Chinese_Taipei, affectionately known as #Team_Taiwan, will be traveling on #China_Airlines's flight CI-105, departing Tokyo Narita on 11/25 at 5:45pm and arriving at Taipei Taoyuan International at 8:55pm.
They will meet with Taiwan's President at a later time, and a victory parade is in the works.
With home runs from Chia-Cheng "Lyle" Lin and Chieh-Hsien Chen, #Chinese_Taipei shuts out #Japan 4:0 in the #Premier12 championship game, ending Japan's 27-game winning streak.
LHP Yu-Min Lin led a tremendous pitching effort with three other pitchers. Taiwan has the lowest team ERA of all 12 teams.
Here is #WBSC's highlight of #Chinese_Taipei vs. #Japan. In a preview of tomorrow's championship game, Japan defeated #Taiwan 9:6 to conclude the #Super_Round.
With a 27-game international tournament win streak on the line, the 3-0 Japan will face the 1-2 Chinese Taipei tomorrow for the P12 title.
With #USA beating #Venezuela 6:5, and sending #Chinese_Taipei to the Championship game, Taiwan will now start LHP Po-Ching Chen in tonight's final #Super_Round game against #Japan.
Original starter Yu-Min Lin will be pushed back to starte tomorrow's Championship game, also against Japan.
Starters are set for #Chinese_Taipei vs. #Japan!
LHP Yu-Min Lin, who pitches in the Arizona Diamondbacks system, will make his second start as Taiwan's ace. He last pitched against #Korea and went 4.2 innings.
Japan will counter with LHP Takahisa Hayakawa, who went 5.1 innings against #Cuba.
Highlight of #Chinese_Taipei vs. #USA is up! The last time Taiwan defeated USA in an adult level international tournament was in the 2003 Baseball World Cup in #Cuba.
USA will fight for its first win against #Venezuela in tomorrow's noon game, while Taiwan takes on #Japan at 7pm local time.
Starters are set!
LHP Po Ching Chen will start for #Chinese_Taipei in its second game in the #Premier_12 #Super_Round, while team #USA will counter with veteran RHP Zac Grotz.
Game time is 12:00pm Tokyo time.
For those of you who were at work or in class, here is the highlight of #Chinese_Taipei vs. #Venezuela. Tomorrow is another day!
Taiwan's starting pitcher for tomorrow's game against #USA will be announced later tonight. Stay tuned.
2024 #Premier12 Group B runner up #Chinese_Taipei will face Group A winner #Venezuela in the opening game of the Super Round.
Starting for CT is Lamigo Monkeys pitcher Tzu-Peng Huang, and for Ven is Nivaldo Rodriguez, who pitched for CPBL's Fubon Guardians this past season.
After defeating #Australia 11:3, along with #Japan edging out #Cuba 7:6, #Chinese_Taipei, locally know as #Team_Taiwan, a team comprised mainly of #CPBL players, has advanced to the final four of the 2024 Premier 12 tournament.
Japan and Chinese Taipei will face #Venezuela and #USA from Group A.
