Chinese Taipei Announces World Baseball Classic Roster

Chinese Taipei announced its 28-man roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Monday. With many of Taiwan's top players unavailable for the tournament, the roster relies heavily on veterans from the local Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). 

Of the 28 listed, 22 players are currently rostered in the CPBL, four play in Japan's NPB, and two play on farm teams for MLB clubs. It's worth noting that the Lamigo Monkeys of the CPBL did not make their players available to the Chinese Taipei National Team. 

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

Chinese Taipei opens its WBC round-robin play on March 6 against Israel, and then has games against the Netherlands on March 8 and South Korea on March 9.