Chang Yi () is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the

Fubon Guardians The Fubon Guardians () are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. The team is owned by Fubon Financial Holding Co. and play their home games at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City. ...

of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the

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and Saitama Seibu Lions. Chang is of Taiwanese indigenous descent, with his father is ethnically Taroko and his mother is an ethnic

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Career

Nippon Professional Baseball

On November 22, 2023, it was confirmed that Chang would leave NPB and pursue professional opportunities in his home country of Taiwan.

Chinese Professional Baseball League

Fubon Guardians

On June 28, 2024, Yi was selected by the

with the team's second–round selection in the 2024 CPBL mid–season draft.

International career

Chang played in the

2019 WBSC Premier12 The 2019 WBSC Premier12 was an international baseball championship featuring the 12 highest-ranked national teams in the world, held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was the second WBSC Premier12 event. The championship ...

for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team. He was selected to the national team roster for the

2023 World Baseball Classic The 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC), an international professional baseball tournament, is set to be the fifth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. It was originally set for 2021 (as per tradition to hold the event every four years), but wa ...

, but withdrew from the competition following a diagnosis of shoulder bursitis.

References

1994 births Living people Fubon Guardians players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Orix Buffaloes players Saitama Seibu Lions players Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan Sportspeople from Hualien County Truku people Amis people {{Taiwan-baseball-bio-stub