Taiwanese baseball authorities announced the nation’s Olympic baseball line-up on Monday.
The squad of 24 includes 15 players from Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), with the remainder coming from the minor leagues in the US, the Japanese professional league and local colleges, according to a press release on the CPBL Web site.
The La New Bears are the biggest contributor of players with six, while the dmedia T-Rex were the only CPBL franchise that failed to have any of their players selected.
Taiwan’s first game is against the Netherlands on Aug. 13, to be followed by showdowns with Japan, China, Cuba, South Korea, the US and Canada.
The final will be played on Aug. 23.
Full squad:
• Pitchers:
Pan Wei-lun (Uni-President Lions), Yang Chien-fu (Sinon Bulls), Chen Wei-yin (Chunichi Dragons), Tsao Chin-hui (ex-Kansas City Royals), Chang Chi-chia (La New Bears), Hsu Wen-hsiung (La New Bears), Lee Chen-chang (Taipei Physical Education College), Ni Fu-te (Chinatrust Whales), Luo Chia-jen (Chinese Culture University) and Cheng Kai-wen (Chinese Culture University).
• Catchers:
Chen Feng-min (La New Bears), Kao Chih-kang (Uni-President Lions) and Yeh Chun-chang (Sinon Bulls).
• Infielders:
Chang Tai-shan (Sinon Bulls), Peng Cheng-min (Brother Elephants), Lin Chih-sheng (La New Bears), Chiang Chih-hsien (Boston Red Sox farm player), Shih Chih-wei (La New Bears) and Kuo Yen-wen (Cincinnati Reds farm player).
• Outfielders:
Pan Wu-hsiung (Uni-President Lions), Luo Kuo-hui (Seattle Mariners farm player), Lin Che-hsuan (Boston Red Sox farm player), Chang Chien-ming (Sinon Bulls) and Chen Chin-feng (La New Bears).
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