Cai Qichang, the president of the secondary vocational school, met with Zhang Yucheng in Taichung today and personally invited Zhang Yu to play for Taiwan. After in-depth discussions between the two parties, Zhang Yucheng was selected for the Taiwan team.

(provided by secondary vocational schools)

[Reporter Lin Youchen/Taipei Report] Recently, there has been a heated discussion about the traveler Zhang Yucheng's refusal to participate in the Taiwan Classic.

In order to resolve the impasse, Cai Qichang, the chairman of the Chinese Major League Baseball, met with Zhang Yucheng in Taichung and personally invited Zhang Yu to play for Taiwan.

Cai Qichang emphasized that in order to respect the professional evaluation of the head coach Lin Yueping, the coaching staff, and the selection and training team, it is inconvenient for the president to make too many public comments on the player list, so as to avoid causing too much pressure on everyone. , The coaching team is under a lot of pressure, so I especially asked me to assist in communication, hoping to resolve the current deadlock, as the president, it is duty-bound.”

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Cai Qichang said that Zhang Yucheng played in Taichung when he was in high school, so he met and chatted with him today.

During the conversation, it was clear that Zhang Yucheng wanted to do his part for Taiwan and had a high degree of willingness, but the American brokerage company ACES expressed that several MLB teams were in contact, and the contacted teams all hoped that Zhang Yucheng could participate in the full spring training Therefore, in terms of professionalism, it is suggested that Zhang Yucheng's career development should be given priority. The brokerage company ACES declined to participate in the classic game at that time.

Cai Qichang said that the WBC Classic is the highest level event, so he also expressed to Zhang Yucheng the ardent expectation of the head coach Lin Yueping for him to join the Taiwan team. As for the results, I am also very embarrassed that the recent incidents have aroused the attention of the Chinese people. I hope that the Chinese people can give Yucheng more encouragement and support.

Zhang Yucheng played for 4 teams in the major leagues last year. He played for the Guardians at the beginning of the season. Later, he was assigned to transfer. He successively put on the jerseys of the Buccaneers, Rays, and Red Sox. He played a total of 69 games and scored 168. Knocked out 35 hits, including 4 home runs, batting average .208, currently a free agent.

Zhang Yucheng is a national player in the 2019 Asian Championships. The Chinese team won the championship. Zhang Yucheng also qualified for supplementary service and has completed 12 days of military service.

According to the regulations, after 12 days of military service, the supplementary service still needs to be "scheduled for 5 years".

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