Taipei, Feb. 6 (CNA) Team Taiwan has announced its 30-man roster for the upcoming 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC), which includes two Taiwanese Americans set to suit up for the first time.
The roster, unveiled on Friday and captained by 2024 WBSC Premier MVP Chen Chieh-hsien (陳傑憲), consists of 16 pitchers, three catchers, and 11 position players, including four outfielders.
Among them are five-year MLB outfielder Stuart Fairchild and infielder Jonathon Long, who play for the Triple-A affiliates of the Cleveland Guardians and the Chicago Cubs, respectively.
Both players were born to Taiwanese mothers and will be making their international debuts for Taiwan.
Pitchers to watch include Lin Yu-min (林昱珉) of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Lin Wei-en (林維恩) of the Athletics, both of whom have been invited to their teams' MLB spring training camps.
Also on the roster are two fireballers playing in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB): Gu Lin Ruei-yang (古林睿煬) and Hsu Jo-hsi (徐若熙), the best local pitchers in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
However, only three of the 16 selected pitchers are left-handers.
Other notable players include Yu Chang (張育成), who was named Pool A MVP in the 2023 WBC, and Cheng Tsung-che (鄭宗哲), the only Taiwanese batter to have played in MLB in 2025.
