In this Taiwanese name, the surname is Yang.

Yang Nien-hsi (Chinese: 陽念希; Wade–Giles: Yang2 Nien4-Hsi1; born 10 August 2006) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player who is a pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.

Life and career

Yang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, and is of Amis descent.[1] His father is former Uni-President Lions shortstop Yang Tung-yi.[2] He attended Jen-Hua Junior High School in Hualien County, where his father was the baseball coach.[3] As a student at Pingjen Senior High School in Taoyuan, he was selected to play on the Taiwanese national team in the 2022 and 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cups.[4] In the 2022 tournament, he pitched against the United States, recording a complete game win.[5] In that game, he gave up two earned runs to Bryce Eldridge, who would later become a top prospect in the Giants organization.[6][7]

In 2024, Yang was again selected to play on the national team. He was the starting pitcher in the final game of the U-18 Asian Baseball Championship against Team Japan. He gave up 5 hits over 2.2 innings, recording 3 strikeouts and 1 earned run. The team went on to win the game.[4] After graduating high school, he attended and pitched for the University of Taipei, competing in the University Baseball League for part of a season.[4]

On 14 December 2024, Yang confirmed he signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants organization of Major League Baseball for US$500,000.[4] The Giants' Pacific Rim Area scout presented Yang with a Giants jersey at a press event in January 2025, where Yang revealed that fellow Taiwanese player Wei-En Lin had encouraged Yang to join him at the Oakland Athletics.[1] At the time of his signing, Yang joined two other Taiwanese prospects in the Giants system, Kai-Wei Teng and Chen-Hsun Lee.[2] He was the first player from the University of Taipei to sign with an MLB team since C. C. Lee in 2008.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Hsieh, Ching-wen; Lo, James (22 January 2025). "BASEBALL/Giants sign 18-year-old Taiwanese pitcher in US$500,000 deal". Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 January 2025. The deal consisted of a contract worth US$450,000 plus a US$50,000 scholarship bonus. Yang, who stands at 188 centimeters tall and weighs 85 kilograms, is of Indigenous Amis descent. Republished as: "Giants sign 18-year-old Taiwanese pitcher in US$500,000 deal". Taipei Times. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b Lin, Yu-chen (15 December 2024). "MLB》陽東益之子！陽念希將和巨人簽約 旅美好手多一人". Liberty Times. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  3. ^ "陽念希加盟巨人！前職棒球員父哽咽：全家都以你為榮". ETTV. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d Scanlan, Sean (16 December 2024). "Taiwanese pitcher Yang Nien-hsi signs with MLB's Giants". Taiwan News. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  5. ^ Chang, Che-ying (16 September 2022). "棒球／陽念希完投 中華隊賞美國賽會首敗". Merit Times. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Nien-Hsi Yang tosses complete game as Chinese Taipei beat USA, take control of Super Round". World Baseball Softball Confederation Asia. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Team USA Falls to Chinese Taipei in Super Round Opener". USA Baseball. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  8. ^ Wu, Min-hsing (15 December 2024). "UBL》情定美職巨人坦言比預想快　陽念希成北市大近16年首位旅外". LTSports. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  • Career statistics from MLB
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Nien-hsi
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