Two months has passed since the 2017 CPBL draft, and each team have been in contact with their drafted players. According to the rule of CPBL, team will have until August 31st to sign all the new players, with the exception of those who are still serving in the military.
Below are the 2017 CPBL draft signing summery, which covers players’ age, position, signing bonus, annual salary and the incentive in USD.
Overall Contract Details per Team
| Team | Signing Bonus | Annual Salary | Incentive | Whole Package | Per player |
| Monkeys | $644,000 | $206,000 | $167,000 | $1,017,000 | $145,286 |
| Uni-Lions | $628,000 | $180,000 | $145,000 | $953,000 | $158,833 |
| Brothers | $713,000 | $302,000 | $233,000 | $1,248,000 | $124,800 |
| Guardians | $381,000 | $276,000 | $34,000 | $691,000 | $98,714 |
Lamigo Monkeys (7/8)
| Round | Name | Name | Age | Position | Bonus | Salary | Incentive | Package | Progress |
| 1 | 廖健富 | Liao Chien-Fu | 18 | C | $186,000 | $24,000 | $34,000 | $244,000 | Signed |
| 2 | 林立 | Lin Li | 21 | IF | $147,000 | $34,000 | $20,000 | $201,000 | Signed |
| 3 | 成晉 | Cheng Chin | 18 | OF | $117,000 | $20,000 | $34,000 | $171,000 | Signed |
| 4 | 萬昭清 | Wan Chao-Ching | 18 | P | $100,000 | $20,000 | $29,000 | $149,000 | Signed |
| 5 | 林逸翔 | Lin Yi Hsiang | 24 | P | - | $48,000 | - | $48,000 | Signed |
| 6 | 吳承哲 | Wu Cheng-Che | 22 | P | $50,000 | $30,000 | $27,000 | $107,000 | Signed |
| 7 | 黃子鵬 | Huang Tzu-Peng | 23 | P | $44,000 | $30,000 | $23,000 | $97,000 | Signed |
| 8 | 黃敬瑋 | Huang Ching-Wei | 23 | IF | - | - | - | - | In progress |
Uni-President Uni-Lions (6/8)
| Round | Name | Name | Age | Position | Bonus | Salary | Incentive | Package | Progress |
| 1 | 陳重羽 | Chen Chung-Yu | 21 | C | $180,000 | $40,000 | $47,000 | $267,000 | Signed |
| 2 | 陳重廷 | Chen Chung-Ting | 21 | IF | $147,000 | $34,000 | $24,000 | $205,000 | Signed |
| 3 | 施子謙 | Shih Tzu-Chien | 22 | SP | $117,000 | $30,000 | $20,000 | $167,000 | Signed |
| 4 | 吳桀睿 | Wu Chieh-Jui | 23 | IF | $100,000 | $28,000 | $17,000 | $145,000 | Signed |
| 5 | 黃竣彥 | Huang Chun-Yen | 23 | RP | - | - | - | - | Serving in the military. |
| 6 | 賴奕成 | Lai Yi-Cheng | 18 | SP | - | - | - | - | Did not sign. Go to university. |
| 7 | 林勝傑 | Lin Sheng-Chieh | 22 | OF | $47,000 | $24,000 | $20,000 | $91,000 | Signed |
| 8 | 鄭鈞仁 | Cheng Chun-Jen | 21 | RP | $37,000 | $24,000 | $17,000 | $78,000 | Signed |
Chinatrust Brothers (10/10)
| Round | Name | Name | Age | Position | Bonus | Salary | Incentive | Package | Progress |
| 1 | 岳東華 | Yueh Tung-Hua | 21 | IF | $173,000 | $40,000 | $54,000 | $267,000 | Signed |
| 2 | 黃恩賜 | Huang En-Sih | 21 | P | $127,000 | $40,000 | $34,000 | $201,000 | Signed |
| 3 | 陳柏豪 | Chen Po-Hao | 18 | P | $114,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $184,000 | Signed |
| 4 | 蔡齊哲 | Tsai Chi-Che | 21 | P | $87,000 | $28,000 | $34,000 | $149,000 | Signed |
| 5 | 吳明鴻 | Wu Ming-Hung | 22 | C | $84,000 | $28,000 | - | $112,000 | Signed |
| 6 | 王鴻程 | Wang Hung-Cheng | 26 | P | $50,000 | $30,000 | - | $80,000 | Signed |
| 7 | 楊達翔 | Yang Ta-Hsiang | 23 | P | $34,000 | $28,000 | $27,000 | $89,000 | Signed |
| 8 | 鄭佳彥 | Cheng Chia-Yen | 25 | P | $27,000 | $28,000 | $24,000 | $79,000 | Signed |
| 9 | 蔡岱霖 | Tsai Tai-Lin | 25 | C | $17,000 | $28,000 | $10,000 | $55,000 | Signed |
| 10 | 吳蔚驊 | Wu Wei-Hua | 26 | P | - | $32,000 | - | $32,000 | Signed |
Fubon Guardians (7/7)
| Round | Name | Name | Age | Position | Bonus | Salary | Incentive | Package | Progress |
| 1 | 楊晉豪 | Yang Chin-Hao | 18 | IF | $170,000 | $20,000 | - | $190,000 | Signed |
| 2 | 陳品捷 | Chen Pin-Chieh | 26 | OF | - | $100,000 | - | $100,000 | Signed |
| 3 | 羅國華 | Lo Kuo-Hua | 24 | P | - | $76,000 | - | $76,000 | Signed |
| 4 | 吳世豪 | Wu Shih-Hao | 18 | P | $60,000 | $20,000 | $17,000 | $97,000 | Signed |
| 5 | 范國宸 | Fan Kuo-Chen | 23 | IF | $60,000 | $20,000 | $10,000 | $90,000 | Signed |
| 6 | 陳韋奇 | Chen Wei-Chi | 23 | OF | $57,000 | $20,000 | - | $77,000 | Signed |
| 7 | 陳勤宗 | Chen Chin-Tsung | 24 | IF | $34,000 | $20,000 | $7,000 | $61,000 | Signed |
Further Readings:
Very interesting post. I like the way it has been broken down, because it is interesting (to me at least) to see how the contracts are broken down and the different strategies teams and players take in terms of how the player will be compensated.
Where do the drafted players over the age of 23 come from? Taiwanese industrial leagues? I’ve noticed that some CPBL stars don’t start their CPBL careers until they fairly old, and assumed that they were probably coming out of industrial leagues, like some Japanese NPB players do.
So like you suggested. There are different strategy for each team. For Guardians & Lions their game plan is to get as many CPBL ready players as possible. While Monkeys and Brothers are going for the high school prospects, as both organisation can afford to spend time to develop them.
For drafted players over the age of 23? They mostly come out of University / Industrial league or returning from MLB minor league system.
The reason CPBL players started a bit late is, the mandatory military service in Taiwan. It used to be 2 years back in my time. But these day it’s a lot more loose, only 10 months I think. So, we started to see a trend of more and more high school players participated in the CPBL draft.