Sasaki Langxi (file photo, photo by reporter Luo Zhipeng)

[Reporter Gong Naixuan/Taipei Report] The San Francisco Giants signed the first Taiwanese amateur player Li Chenxun. They originally had a 50-man roster for the Taiwan team in the classic game, but unfortunately they were not selected for the 36-man training roster.

In the golden generation of U18 champions that year, only infielder Zheng Zongzhe is expected to taste the taste of the first-level international competition in advance, and the development progress of pitchers is slightly behind the Japanese stars of the same period.

The U18 Taiwan team won the world championship in 2019. The pitchers selected for the classic game that year were all "traveling in the United States", including Chen Baiyu and Li Chenxun of the Pirates, and the "37th man on the list" called by the head coach of the Taiwan team Lin Yueping Rattlesnake Lin Yumin, none of the three entered the training list, but Zeng Junyue, the "legacy jewel" who was not selected for the U18 training, was included.

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Miyagi Ohya (file photo, photo by reporter Luo Zhipeng)

Back then, the U18 Japanese team pitchers were also very talented. There were Sasaki Rōki, Miyagi Oya, Okugawa Kyonobu and Nishi Junya group "4 big kings". Swallowing and losing pitches, gradually getting ahead of schedule after entering professional baseball.

Sasaki is part of the "strongest rotation in team history" of the Japanese team in the classic game, and Miyagi also has the opportunity to serve as one of the second key players.

What's even more surprising is that Sasaki Rōki and Miyagi Ohya are not the youngest players. The junior Chinese and Japanese dragon Takahashi Hiroto is also expected to enter the main list, showing his strong nurturing ability.

Pingzhen pitching coach Luo Jianming (left) attended Li Chenxun's press conference in the United States.

(Photo by reporter Lin Zhengkun)

Pingzhen High School has produced many fireball boys named in the first round of secondary vocational schools. Li Chenxun is the second American pitcher in school history after Song Wenhua of the Padres in 2016.

Although Jin slightly lost $675,000 to Song Wenhua, the pitching coach Luo Jianming commented that Li Chenxun's talent and pitching coordination in the same period of high school were better.