Slightly Better than Replacement Level
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions signed RHP Donn Roach to a one-year, unknown dollar amount contract (Chinese Professional Baseball League teams do not always announce the amount they have spent on a free agent.) The desire for foreign pitchers in the CPBL is high. I say this because, well, it’s the only explanation for the Lions […]
If you’re anything like me, and if you’re reading this site then you’re at least a little like me, then you love a good uniform. A while back I had the idea of doing a tournament-style series of posts to determine who has the best uniforms in all of professional baseball. The format I settled […]
The second half of the Chinese Professional Baseball League has a different feel to it than the first half did. This is evident in the standings where the Fubon Guardians have, as of this Sunday, staked themselves out a 1 game lead over the second-place Chinatrust Brothers. The first half champion Lamigo Monkeys find themselves […]
There was a time when Pan Wei-Lun was one of the most dominant pitchers in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Over the course of his seventeen-year career, all spent with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, he has managed an ERA of 3.22. Knowing that he has now had four seasons with an ERA above the 4.50 […]
When the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions signed Austin Bibens-Dirkx they thought they were getting an ace starter. They needed someone to pair with Ryan Verdugo, Josh Roenicke, and Pan Wei-Lun in what looked to be an impressive rotation. Biben-Dirkx’s signing took on added import with the injury to Verdugo that sidelined him for the first few […]