Taiwan won the World Softball Confederation under-18 championship in 2019. It was considered as Taiwan’s strongest under-18 team for many years. In 4 years, 20 players that year have all transferred to professional baseball for development, with a total signing bonus of 170 million.
Li Chenxun, who recently signed a contract, will join the San Francisco Giants, while Pan Wenhui will sign with the Philadelphians. The signing money of the two is estimated to be around 1 million US dollars (about 31 million Taiwan dollars). 20 under 18 champions that year, 5 have traveled abroad, including Zheng Zongzhe, Chen Baiyu joined the Pirates, Lin Yumin was in the Diamondbacks, Li Haoyu was signed by the Philadelphians, and Wang Yancheng was in Lotte Japan.
Thirteen players including Yu Qian, Lin Zihao, and Yue Zhenghua, the most valuable players in the U18 conference, participated in the mid-level draft, with a total signing bonus of 46.9 million yuan. Outfielder Cai Jiayan was named the fourth round of Titans Fubon in the draft last year, with a signing bonus of 240 yuan ten thousand yuan.
Looking back on the year when Taiwan defeated the United States 2-1 to take the win and become the new under-18 world champion, Twitter posted 96,000 ‘likes’ and won the championship in 2019. This is the third time since 1983 and 2010 Taiwan also won the youth baseball championship and interrupted four consecutive United States hegemony.
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