Wang Yao-lin (; born February 5, 1991) is a

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professional

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pitcher for the

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of the

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(CPBL). He is the older brother of

Wei-Chung Wang Wei-Chung Wang (, born 25 April 1992) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Wei Chuan Dragons of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athl ...

. He is a member of the

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Career

On June 15, 2010, Wang signed with the

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as an international free agent and was assigned to the Single-A

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. Wang made it as high as the advanced Single-A

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in 2014 before being released on January 17, 2015. Later that season, he signed with the

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of the

and has played for the club through the 2020 season. On August 31, 2022, Wang was traded to the

of the CPBL alongside Lin Tse-Pin in exchange for Yang Bin and Yang Chin-Hao.

International career

He represented

Chinese Taipei national baseball team The Chinese Taipei baseball team () is the national men's baseball team of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is ranked second in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederat ...

at the 2009 Asian Junior Baseball Championship, 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualification,

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, 2013 exhibition games against

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2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

and

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* 1991 births Living people Arizona League Cubs players Asian Games medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Baseball pitchers Baseball players at the 2014 Asian Games Boise Hawks players Lamigo Monkeys players Rakuten Monkeys players Daytona Cubs players Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Taitung County Amis people Peoria Chiefs players Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in the United States 2013 World Baseball Classic players {{Taiwan-baseball-pitcher-stub