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<\/p>\nTeng Kai-wei, the only Taiwanese pitcher to have appeared in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game over the past two seasons, has been traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Houston Astros.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m truly grateful to the @sfgiants organization for all the development and support they\u2019ve given me during this period,\u201d Teng wrote on social media yesterday. \u201cFrom the moment I entered the system, every adjustment and step of growth was met with patience and guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also thanked the Astros\u2019 front office for its interest and confidence in him, and for \u201cgiving me the opportunity to take on new challenges and responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Photo: CNA<\/p>\n
The Astros waived pitcher J.P. France to make room for the Taiwanese right-hander on their 40-man roster, while the Giants received minor league catcher Jancel Villarroel and international bonus pool money in exchange.<\/p>\n
The deal was first reported by The Athletic on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
The move came about three weeks after the 27-year-old said he had decided not to suit up for Team Taiwan at this year\u2019s World Baseball Classic following discussions with the Giants.<\/p>\n
Citing Teng\u2019s ability to generate swings and misses, Jacky Lee, a Videoland Sports anchor, said the trade was an attempt by the Astros to bolster their pitching depth after Framber Valdez and Luis Garcia declared free agency in the offseason.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis experience serving as a long reliever can also add depth to the Astros\u2019 bullpen, which lacks right-handers,\u201d Lee wrote on social media, adding that the Giants\u2019 pitching staff is deeper than that of the Astros.<\/p>\n
Teng appeared in 12 MLB games over the past two seasons, including seven starts in eight outings last year.<\/p>\n
He struck out 46 batters while allowing 33 earned runs over 40 2\/3 innings, posting a 7.30 earned run average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teng Kai-wei, the only Taiwanese pitcher to have appeared in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,162,4,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342,7109,7108],"class_list":{"0":"post-546170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-giants","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-giants","13":"tag-sanfrancisco","14":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","15":"tag-sf","16":"tag-sf-giants","17":"tag-sfgiants","18":"tag-the-taipei-times","19":"tag-7108"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115985234066690326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}