2023 World Baseball Classic: Chinese Taipei team roster | Wu, Chang, Hu, Wang, LI
Here’s how Team Chinese Taipei’s roster will look for the 2023 World Baseball Classic held from March 8 to March 21.
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With a roster led by former MLB infielders Tzu-Wei Lin and Yu-Cheng Chang, and a bullpen of MLB talent, Taiwan are a perennial favorite to make a deep run in the competition. Working out of Pool A, they will compete in their own home field against the Netherlands, Cuba, Italy, and Panama.
Team Chinese Taipei 2023 World Baseball Classic roster
Coaching staff
- Manager: Yueh-Ping Lin
- Hitting Coach: Cheng-Min Peng
- Hitting Coach: Hao-Jin Tseng
- Pitching Coach: Ming-Chieh Hsu
- First Base Coach/Outfield Coach: Chien-Ming Chang
- Third Base Coach: Chiang-Ho Chen
- Bench/Catching Coach: Chih-Kang Kao
- Bullpen Coach: Chien-Ming Wang
Some MLB names sprinkled throughout the Panama and Chinese Taipei lineups pic.twitter.com/y8IWFfgVMX
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 8, 2023
Infielders
- Tsung-Che Cheng (Pirates)
- Tzu-Wei Lin
- Wei-Chen Wang
- Yu-Cheng Chang
- Nien-Ting Wu
- Kuo-Chen Fan
- Li Lin
- Kun-Yu Chiang
Outfielders
- Tien-Hsin Kuo
- Po-Jung Wang
- Chen-Wei Chen
- Chie-Hsien Chen
- Chin Cheng
Catchers
- Kungkuan Giljegiljaw
- Dai-An Lin
- Yu-Chieh Kao
Chinese Taipei is ready to go. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/QW12mLKrVn
— World Baseball Classic (@WBCBaseball) March 7, 2023
Pitchers
- Yen-Ching Lu
- Wei-Chung Wang
- Kuan-Yu Chen
- Chen-Chang Lee
- Kai-Wei Teng (Giants)
- Yu-Hsun Chen
- Che-Yuan Wu R/R
- Chia-Hao Sung
- Chih-Wei Hu
- Kuan-Wei Chen
- Chun-Yueh Tseng
- Tzu-Peng Huang
- Shao-Ching Chiang
- Shih-Peng Chen
Nien-Ting Wu hits the first home run of the 2023 World Baseball Classic!
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 8, 2023
Chinese Taipei avoids being 10-run ruled pic.twitter.com/8KZ0xu8ooM
With lower back tightness, right hander Jen-Ho Tseng pulled out of the competition at late notice and was replaced by Che-Yuan Wu, another right hander from the CTBC Brothers in Taiwan’s top league. He joins a bullpen loaded with former MLB arms such as Rays right hander Chih-Wei Hu and Athletics lefty Wei-Chung Wang. Giants right hand prospect Kai-Wei Teng is also notable in that rotation.