Taiwan's 43-Man World Baseball Classic Roster

An unconfirmed list of invitees to Taiwan's national team camp has been widely shared

Following the news that three top players are expected to withdraw from Team Taiwan in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in March, Go Baseball and various other outlets published an unconfirmed list of invitees to the national team camp which has been circulating on the internet. Although neither the Taiwanese league nor national team officials have confirmed the validity of the list, most of the domestic players are expected to report to camp on Thursday for phase one in Kaohsiung, whereas players in foreign leagues are expected to join for phase two in Miyazaki, Japan, about a week before the tournament starts.

The team will be cut down to a finalized 30-man roster ahead of the tournament in March, at which point the updated list will be published. Some high-level statistics in the, again, unconfirmed 43-man roster:

• 19 players (12 pitchers) are from teams abroad,¹ representing 44% of the expanded roster, the highest proportion in history

• 14 players were members of Taiwan’s 2024 Premier12 team

• 9 players were members of Taiwan’s 2023 WBC team

• 5 players, all pitchers, are 20 years old

Up to 14 players from Taiwan’s historic Premier12 team may play in the 2026 WBC (Photo: EPA-EFE / Ritchie B. Tongo)

There will certainly be more clarity later this week as players report to Kaohsiung. For now, the full list of players, along with their team and league affiliations, is below.

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Pitchers

• Chun-Wei Chang, LHP (NPB development, SoftBank Hawks)

• Yi Chang, RHP (CPBL, Fubon Guardians)

• Po-Yu Chen, RHP (Triple-A, Pittsburgh Pirates)

• Hao-Chun Cheng, RHP (CPBL, CTBC Brothers)

• Hsin-Yen Chuang, RHP (CPBL, Rakuten Monkeys)

• Ruei-Yang Gu Lin, RHP (NPB, Nippon-Ham Fighters)

• Jo-Hsi Hsu, RHP (NPB, SoftBank Hawks)

• Chih-Wei Hu, RHP (CPBL, Uni-President Lions)

• Yin-Hao Lai, RHP (CPBL, Rakuten Monkeys)

• Tung-Ming Li, RHP (CPBL, Fubon Guardians)

• Chen-Wei Lin, RHP (Double-A, St. Louis Cardinals)²

• Kai-Wei Lin, RHP (CPBL, Wei Chuan Dragons)

• Shi-Xiang Lin, RHP (CPBL, TSG Hawks)

• Wei-En Lin, LHP (Double-A, Athletics)

• Yu-Min Lin, LHP (Triple-A, Arizona Diamondbacks)

• Chia-Hao Sung, RHP (NPB, Rakuten Golden Eagles)

• Tzu-Chen Sha, RHP (High-A, Athletics)

• Yi-Lei Sun, RHP (NPB, Nippon-Ham Fighters)

• Jyun-Yue Tseng, RHP (CPBL, Fubon Guardians)

• Yan-Cheng Wang, LHP (KBO, Hanwha Eagles)

• Hong-Liang Wei, RHP (CPBL, TSG Hawks)

• Chun-Wei Wu, RHP (CPBL, CTBC Brothers)

• Zhong-Ao Zhuang Chen, RHP (Double-A, Athletics)

Catchers

• Shao-Hung Chiang (CPBL, Wei Chuan Dragons)

• Pei-Feng Dai (CPBL, Fubon Guardians)

• Giljegiljaw Kungkuan (CPBL, Fubon Guardians)

• Lyle Lin (free agent)

Infielders

• Cheng-Yu Chang, SS (CPBL, Wei Chuan Dragons)

• Yu Chang, 1B (CPBL, Fubon Guardians)

• Tsung-Che Cheng, SS (Triple-A, Tampa Bay Rays)³

• Kun-Yu Chiang, SS (CPBL, CTBC Brothers)

• Hao-Yu Lee, 2B/3B (Triple-A, Detroit Tigers)

• Tzu-Wei Lin, 2B (CPBL, Rakuten Monkeys)

• Jonathon Long, 1B (Triple-A, Chicago Cubs)

• Po-Hsuan Wang, 2B/OF (CPBL, TSG Hawks)

• Nien-Ting Wu, 3B (CPBL, TSG Hawks)

Outfielders

• Chen-Wei Chen (CPBL, Rakuten Monkeys)

• Chieh-Hsien Chen (CPBL, Uni-President Lions)

• Chih-Cheng Chiu (CPBL, Uni-President Lions)

• Stuart Fairchild (MLB/Triple-A, Cleveland Guardians)⁴

• Ching-Hsien Ko (Single-A, Los Angeles Dodgers)

• An-Ko Lin (NPB, Seibu Lions)

• Cheng-Jui Sung (CPBL, CTBC Brothers)

2025 No. 1 pick Hong-Liang Wei (Photo: TSG Hawks)

1. The count includes Lyle Lin, who last played in the American Association.

2. Chen-Wei Lin will miss the World Baseball Classic, reportedly due to the fact that the Cardinals organization has not agreed to let him play.

3. Cheng was claimed off waivers from the Pirates recently and then designated for assignment by the Rays.

4. Fairchild signed a minor league deal with the Guardians in December.