2021 Taiwanese Overseas Players Tracker
With the 2021 baseball season starting all around the world. Here is our complete list of all the Taiwanese players in the overseas leagues. Covering MLB, MiLB, NPB and Independent Leagues (Last updated: September 15, 2021).
USA: MLB System
MLB
| Name / Position | MLB Affiliation | Team | Stats |
| 張育成 Yu Chang (SS) | Cleveland Indians | Cleveland Indians | Stats |
- April 23: Minnesota Twins selected the contract of Lin Tzu-Wei
- April 29: Minnesota Twins DFA Lin Tzu-Wei
Triple-A
| Name / Position | MLB Affiliation | Team | Stats |
| 林子偉 Lin Tzu-Wei (SS) | Minnesota Twins | St. Paul Saints | Stats |
- May 2: Minnesota Twins assigned Lin Tzu-Wei to Triple-A
Double-A
| Name / Position | MLB Affiliation | Team | Stats |
| 林家正 Lyle Lin (C) | Arizona Diamondbacks | Amarillo Sod Poodles | Stats |
- August 7: Arizona Diamondbacks Lyle Lin to Double-A
High-A
| Name / Position | MLB Affiliation | Team | Stats |
| 林凱威 Lin Kai-Wei (P) | Arizona Diamondbacks | Hillsboro Hops | Stats |
| 宋文華 Sung Wen-Hua (P) | San Diego Padres | Fort Wayne TinCaps | Stats |
| 鄧愷威 Teng Kai-Wei (P) | San Francisco Giants | Eugene Emeralds | Stats |
- February 12: Arizona Diamondbacks assigned Lin Kai-Wei to High-A
- April 30: San Francisco Giants assigned Teng Kai-Wei to High-A
- May 2: San Diego Padres assigned Sung Wen-Hua to High-A
Low-A
| Name / Position | MLB Affiliation | Team | Stats |
| 陳聖平 Chen Sheng-Ping (SS) | Arizona Diamondbacks | Visalia Rawhide | Stats |
| 陳柏毓 Chen Po-Yu (P) | Pittsburgh Pirates | Bradenton Marauders | Stats |
| 劉致榮 Liu Chih-Jung (P) | Boston Red Sox | Salem Red Sox | Stats |
| 林暉盛 Lin Huei-Sheng (P) | Los Angeles Dodgers | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | Stats |
| 王志庭 Wang Chih-Ting (P) | Kansas City Royals | Columbia Fireflies | Stats |
- July 2: Boston Red Sox assigned Liu Chih-Jung to Low-A
- July 14: Los Angeles Dodgers assigned Lin Huei-Sheng to Low-A
- August 17: Kansas City Royals assigned Wang Chih-Ting to Low-A
- August 25: Pittsburgh Pirates assigned Chen Po-Yu to Low-A
Rookie
| Name / Position | MLB Affiliation | Team | Stats |
| 鄭宗哲 Cheng Tsung-Che (SS) | Pittsburgh Pirates | FCL Pirates Gold | Stats |
| 鄭浩均 Cheng Hao-Chun (P) | Los Angeles Dodgers | ACL Dodgers | Stats |
| 徐基麟 Hsu Chi-Ling (P) | Philadelphia Phillies | FCL Phillies | Stats |
| 林鋅杰 Lin Hsin-Chieh (P) | Philadelphia Phillies | FCL Phillies | Stats |
| 張景淯 Danny Chang (P) | Seattle Mariners | ACL Mariners | Stats |
| 李灝宇 Lee Hao-Yu (IF) | Philadelphia Phillies | FCL Phillies | Stats |
- June 1: Los Angeles Dodgers assigned Lin Huei-Sheng to Rookie
- June 15: Pittsburgh Pirates assigned Lee Hao-Yu to Rookie
- June 27: Kansas City Royals assigned Wang Chih-Ting to Rookie
- June 28: Pittsburgh Pirates assigned Chen Po-Yu to Rookie
- June 28: Pittsburgh Pirates assigned Cheng Tsung-Che to Rookie
- July 16: Philadelphia Phillies assigned Lin Hsin-Chieh to Rookie
- August 25: Philadelphia Phillies assigned Hsu Chi-Ling to Rookie
Japan: NPB System
| Name / Position | Team | Stats |
| 陳偉殷 Chen Wei-Yin (P) | Hanshin Tigers | Stats |
| 陽岱鋼 Yoh Daikan (OF) | Yomiuri Giants | Stats |
| 宋家豪 Sung Chia-Hao (P) | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | Stats |
| 吳念庭 Wu Nien-Ting (SS) | Saitama Seibu Lions | Stats |
| 張奕 Chang Yi (OF) | Orix Buffaloes | Stats |
| 王柏融 Wang Po-Jung (OF) | Nippon-Ham Fighters | Stats |
| 王彥程 Wang Yan-Cheng (P) | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | Stats |
Six 2021 NPB games in, Wang Po-Jung is 8 for 17 with five doubles. We’ll see if he can keep hitting. I felt like early last season, what he really needed was for the Fighters to sent him to NPB’s minor league for 30 or 40 games straight to get him hitting again, build up his confidence and get up to speed with the Japanese game. The Fighters didn’t do it, because he was a high-salary player. Also, he had injuries last year, that added to a lost season.
If Wang keeps hitting, it will be an interesting decision for the Fighters to make next off-season. Wang will have to hit some home runs, though. In any event, it will be a one-year deal at a pay cut, unless Wang starts to routinely hit them deep. If the Fighters pass, but Wang does hit well this year, I’m all but certain the Chiba Lotte Marines or the Orix Buffaloes would be interested at the right price.
Yeah, being healthy is an important factor to Wang Po-Jung’s performance. He was in and out of the injured list in 2019 and 2020, and a lot of time he got hurt when he was hot.
Hopefully, his recent performance will give him more confidence and also earn him a few more consistent starting opportunities.
If he stays in the NPB next year, yeah, like you said, it will most likely be at a reduced salary and a shorter contact.
Do you think Wang could get a five-year $2.5 million (US) guarantee from a CPBL team next off-season?
well, I think that is a bit too much. Plus, there is a high percentage he will not come back if he keep hitting like these few days.
Maybe a 3-year deal 1.2 – 1.5 million at best? But probably a little less because I think the Monkeys still retain his contract. He is definitely worth 500K USD a year.
Rakuten might be willing to shell out to bring him back to Taiwan if he hits well in NPB this year.
Definitely a possibility.