Red Sox sign Chih-Hsien Chiang ( Taiwanese prospect )

ClayBuchholzIsDaFuture · January 28, 2006

Plays short ....

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One of Taiwan's best young high school hitters, Chih-Hsien Chiang is a 17 year old multi-positional fielder who even pitches a bit. Born February 21, 1988, Chiang has good size; he stands 6'1" tall and weighs 180 pounds. He throws righty, but hits lefty. Chiang has played at all levels of Taiwan's national teams in international youth and junior aged competitions. Chiang starred as a 2B/OF in the 2003 World Youth Championships (for 13 to 15 year olds), where he led Taiwan to a silver medal, falling only to the US in the championship game. Chiang hit 2 HR's (including a big grand slam against youth powerhouse Cuba) and led the entire tourney in RBI's.

He has good speed and quick feet, as well as the ability to toss 88 mph fastballs, which should help with his transition to the SS position. If he continues to develop, the sky is the limit for him, and his dreams of playing in the MLB someday could become a reality.

*First big dip in Asia ... :thumbsup:

Beckett95 · January 29, 2006

hes suposed to be very good. Hes only 17 so will se what happens with him

Cityofchampions33 · January 29, 2006

I say sign 'em all, and we're certainly signing a bunch in the last couple of days, two asians, and an aussie that all show promise and if all goes right have high-celings, The upside is they have 8 years to learn American baseball and develop while doing it.

yeszir · January 29, 2006

I think we should sign star baseball players' unborn children, should they be conceived. Like an agreement. It's the next logical step...

Cityofchampions33 · January 29, 2006

Lol, totally agree there

But in one article, Chiang was one of the three prospects that have caught the eye of most scouts, otehrs include Tzu-Kai Chiu and Hung-Chen Lai

ORS · January 29, 2006

I think we should sign star baseball players' unborn children, should they be conceived. Like an agreement. It's the next logical step...

Which would lead to the last, and final, step, paying them for some "samples" and heading to the lab.

Cityofchampions33 · January 29, 2006

Lol, we could create a whole farm system

26 to 6 · January 29, 2006

Ive heard of this kid before, supposed to be good.

But I wouldnt call him a slam dunk yet, hes only 17, still has a long way to go. Same should be said for all of the young guys the Sox have signed recently, none of which have played any professional ball.

SchillingIsTheNatural · January 30, 2006

Ive heard of this kid before, supposed to be good.

But I wouldnt call him a slam dunk yet, hes only 17, still has a long way to go. Same should be said for all of the young guys the Sox have signed recently, none of which have played any professional ball.

I'm more into signing young guys with potential then old farts.

Guess what you say is true about all young players, not just the ones the Red Sox sign.

26 to 6 · January 30, 2006

I'm more into signing young guys with potential then old farts.

Guess what you say is true about all young players, not just the ones the Red Sox sign.

Absolutely, of coarse. Same would be true if the Yankees, or the Mets, or the Pirates, or the Diamondbacks signed a taiwanese prospect or something.

But anyways, I just looked up some stuff on him, and he seems to be someone who is projected to do VERY well in the american game. (Forgot to copy the links, closed out the windows before it occured to me)

Cityofchampions33 · January 30, 2006

If your could get thsoe links that'd be great, I'd love to learn about this guy or get some sort of idea on how high his ceiling is. Hopefully soxprospects.com gets a scouting report on him soon.

26 to 6 · January 30, 2006

If your could get thsoe links that'd be great, I'd love to learn about this guy or get some sort of idea on how high his ceiling is. Hopefully soxprospects.com gets a scouting report on him soon.

I wish there was a site on Yankee prospects like there is on Sox prospects :lol:

but yea, i'll go browsing now

Cityofchampions33 · January 30, 2006

I wish there was a site on Yankee prospects like there is on Sox prospects

but yea, i'll go browsing now

Your tellin me, not only for Yanks prospects, but a site for every team's top prospects. It's great to get all the info on what to expect from each player etc. as they give on soxprospects.

26 to 6 · January 30, 2006

http://taiwanbaseball.blogspot.com/2005/10/catch-rising-starchih-hsien-chiang.html

theres one, appearantly he isnt a natural SS but rather learned it while in high school.

I'll look for more

26 to 6 · January 30, 2006

Actually, I think thats where Clay got his excerpts from. But there is more in there.

jsinger121 · January 30, 2006

i wouldn't expect a soxprospects.com scouting report on him soon because none of our regular contributors over there i believe have seen him play yet.

Cityofchampions33 · January 30, 2006

True, but where will he start out in our minors? low single A? or like Lowell?

jsinger121 · January 30, 2006

he is 17 yrs old so I would expect him to open in rookie ball with our Gulf Coast League in Fort Myers. the Lowell affliate is usually for new draft picks that come out of college as it is the short season A-ball.

He Hate Me · January 30, 2006

good I hope Wang beans his Taiwanese brother's ass to welcome him to the big leagues

SchillingIsTheNatural · January 30, 2006

good I hope Wang beans his Taiwanese brother's ass to welcome him to the big leagues

Yea that makes sense...happens all the time in the majors. Always see pitchers beam rookies when they first get there in hopes they can end there career before it gets started. Why take a fairly easy out from the new guy when you could hurt him. Good post.

riverside sluggers · January 30, 2006

good I hope Wang beans his Taiwanese brother's ass to welcome him to the big leagues

of course that wouldnt have to do anything with the fact this kid could be a Red Sox :rolleyes:

He Hate Me · January 30, 2006

Yea that makes sense...happens all the time in the majors. Always see pitchers beam rookies when they first get there in hopes they can end there career before it gets started. Why take a fairly easy out from the new guy when you could hurt him. Good post.

It was a joke, and it isn't any worse than the calls to bean Matsui during the 2004 series when he was batting like .400 against the Sox in games 1-3.

And plenty of rookies get dusted btw.

He Hate Me · January 30, 2006

of course that wouldnt have to do anything with the fact this kid could be a Red Sox

you found me out :lol:

yankeessuck013 · January 30, 2006

It was a joke, and it isn't any worse than the calls to bean Matsui during the 2004 series when he was batting like .400 against the Sox in games 1-3.

And plenty of rookies get dusted btw.

matsui didn't get beaned, he got brushed back.

He Hate Me · January 30, 2006

matsui didn't get beaned, he got brushed back.

I wish you ahd a Chinese pitcher to brush him back next time, it's the only way I would approve of dusting Hideki.

jsinger121 · April 7, 2006

Chih-Hsien Chiang is officially under contract with the Red Sox

jsinger121 · May 8, 2006

If anyone wants to see any video of Chiang....here it is

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=csmc

ksushi · May 8, 2006

Where, I don't think that link has it.

jsinger121 · May 8, 2006

they must have taken it down then

try this link instead....It needs to be played in windows media player

myweb.hinet.net/home13/unimo/11.wmv

TheRivernator · May 8, 2006

hes suposed to be very good. Hes only 17 so will se what happens with him

you wont see him for 6-7 years....

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