| | |

Japan and Taiwan release 28-man WBC roster

Byyankeebiscuitfan

AfbeeldingsresultaatToday, the CPBL announced the 28-man roster for the World Baseball Classic. The roster contains 22 players of CPBL teams, 4 of NPB teams, 2 minor leaguers (both single A) and 1 player from the Shikoku Island League (an independent league from Japan). Japan also announced its 28-man roster. All but one are from the NPB. Only Norichika Aoki is playing in the MLB.


The Taiwanese roster lacks MLB players which may weaken them quite a bit. But on the Afbeeldingsresultaat
other hand, the level in Taiwan is pretty good, so the team still may advance to round two.
The Taiwanese roster is loaded with sluggers or players with plenty of pop in their bats as nine of them have hit more than ten homeruns last season. In other reports on the roster, this would influence the quality of the Taiwanese defense, something they are normally known for. Taiwan will be in group A with host Korea, Israel and Kingdom of the Netherlands.

This is Taiwan’s 28-man roster:

Catchers

Name League Team AB H R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Lin, Kun-Sheng CPBL Fubon Guardians 218 58 23 1 27 6 0.266 0.306 0.358
Cheng, Da-Hong CPBL Chinatrust Brothers 251 68 40 0 35 4 0.271 0.342 0.331


Infielders

Name League Team AB H R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Lin, Chih-Sheng CPBL Chinatrust Brothers 401 135 100 34 107 8 0.337 0.420 0.648
Chiang, Chih-Hsien CPBL Chinatrust Brothers 351 141 85 30 104 2 0.402 0.455 0.738
Hsu, Chi-Hung CPBL Chinatrust Brothers 78 95 56 15 62 1 0.356 0.457 0.603
Lin, Yi-Chuan CPBL Fubon Guardians 417 146 67 17 81 1 0.350 0.416 0.530
Lin, Chih-Hsiang CPBL Uni Lions 435 139 83 10 75 5 0.320 0.376 0.469
Chen, Yung-Chi CPBL Uni Lions 394 129 78 20 95 11 0.327 0.385 0.528
Wang, Sheng-Wei CPBL Chinatrust Brothers 377 113 76 5 53 3 0.300 0.365 0.419
Outfielders
Outfielders
Name League Team AB H R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Yang, Dai-Kang NPB Yomiuri Giants 495 145 66 14 61 5 0.293 0.359 0.430
Chang, Cheng-Wei CPBL Chinatrust Brothers 436 149 108 4 48 5 0.342 0.408 0.424
Lin, Che-Hsuan CPBL Fubon Guardians 400 138 77 23 79 12 0.345 0.434 0.570
Hu, Chin-Lung CPBL Fubon Guardians 327 122 73 10 55 10 0.362 0.403 0.502
Kao, Kuo-Hui CPBL Fubon Guardians 392 112 88 34 104 6 0.318 0.391 0.615
Chang, Chih-Hao CPBL Chinatrust Brothers 292 94 73 17 70 7 0.322 0.375 0.603
Pitchers
Pitchers
Name League Team IP GS W-L ERA WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9
Lin, Chen-Hua CPBL Fubon Guardians 58 2 4-0 6.05 1.48 10.24 1.86 3.10 6.21
Tsai, Ming-Chin CPBL Fubon Guardians 61 11 5-5 7.30 1.65 11.95 1.47 3.10 5.90
Ni, Fu-Te CPBL Fubon Guardians 96.2 10 6-6 4.84 1.39 10.48 1.59 2.06 6.45
Huang, Sheng-Hsiung CPBL Fubon Guardians 44 0 1-4 4.91 1.55 9.41 1.23 4.50 6.34
Pan, Wei-Lun CPBL Uni Lions 52.1 8 5-2 5.33 1.51 13.12 0.69 0.52 3.97
Chen, Yun-Wen CPBL Uni Lions 60.1 7 5-7 7.76 1.76 11.85 0.90 4.05 9.00
Wang, Ching-Ming CPBL Uni Lions 49 0 2-3 3.49 1.51 11.38 0.73 2.20 7.16
Chen, Kuan-Yu NPB Chiba Lotte Marines 24.2 4 1-1 4.01 1.42 9.10 1.10 3.60 8.40
Kuo, Chun-Lin NPB Seibu Lions 22.1 3 0-3 8.46 1.70 11.30 0.80 4.00 8.10
Sung, Chia-Hao NPB- Rakuten Golden Eagles 62.2 15 6-3 2.44 1.17 9.12 0.58 1.45 6.08
Chen, Hung-Wen CPBL Chinatrust Brothers 61 0 9-2 4.87 1.36 9.89 1.76 2.82 10.23
Chiang, Shao-Ching A Lake County Captains 152.1 27 8-12 3.96 1.15 8.80 0.80 1.50 5.40
Lo, Kuo-Hua A Cedar Rapids Kernels 45 0 0-2 2.60 1.467 7.00 0.80 6.20 8.40

Samurai Japan also relies heavily on players from its own competition. The only MLB Gerelateerde afbeeldingplayer is outfielder Norichika Aoki. The Nippon Ham Fighters provide the most players (5).

Despite lacking some influential MLB players, team Samurai Japan still can be considered as the top favorite of the Tokyo group, to reach the second round. Japan will host Cuba, China and Australia in group B.

This is Japan’s 28-man roster:

Shirt number Player name team Bats/Throws Birthday
10 Hiroki Matsui Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Left left October 30, 1995
11 Tomoyuki Kanno Yomiuri Giants Right right October 11, 1989
12 Akiyoshi Ryo Tokyo Yakult Swallows Right right March 21, 1989
14 Norimoto Nakayama Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Right left December 17, 1990
15 Mr. Miyanishi Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Left left June 2, 1985
16 Shohei Otani Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Right left July 5, 1994
17 Shintaro Fujinami Hanshin Tigers Right right April 12, 1994
19 Hiroshi Masui Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Right right June 26, 1984
20 * Ishikawa Ayumu Chiba Lotte Marines Right right April 11th, 1988
34 * Toshiya Okada Chunichi Dragons Left left December 5, 1991
35 Kazuhisa Makita Saitama Seibu Lions Right right November 10, 1984
41 Sengaku Chika Fukuoka Softbank Hawks Right left January 30, 1993
66 * Hirano Hirano Orix Buffaloes Right right March 8, 1984
catcher
Shirt number Player name team Bats/Trhows Birthday
22 Seiji Kobayashi Yomiuri Giants Right right June 7, 1989
27 Ryota Ono Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Right right January 13, 1987
37 Kimihiro Shima Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Right right December 13, 1984
Infielder
Shirt number Player name team Bats/Trhows Birthday
3 Norihiro Matsuda Fukuoka Softbank Hawks Right right May 17, 1983
4 Ryosuke Kikuchi Hiroshima Toyo Carp Right right March 11, 1990
6 Hayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants Right right December 14, 1988
13 Sho Nakada Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Right right April 22, 1989
23 Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows Right right July 16, 1992
Outfielder
Shirt number Player name team Bats/Throws Birthday
1 Seiichi Uchikawa Fukuoka Softbank Hawks Right right August 4, 1982
7 Norichika Aoki Houston Astros Right left January 5, 1982
8 Ryosuke Hirata Chunichi Dragons Right right March 23, 1988
25 Yoshi Tsuyoshi Yokohama DeNA Baystars Right left November 26, 1991
51 Seiya Suzuki Hiroshima Toyo Carp Right right August 18, 1994
55 Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions Right left April 16, 1988
Post Views: 25

Similar Posts