TSAO CHIN-HUI
Tsao Chin-Hui
Ht: 6-2 Wt: 178 B/T: R/R
Age: 18 (turns 19 on June 2)
Born: 6/2/81 in Hua-Lien, Taiwan
Resides: Hua-Lien, Taiwan
School: Kao-Yuan Technical High School
(Stats as of August 12, 2000)
PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO
Tsao, Chin-hui ASH 11- 7 2.45 136 107 37 174
All-Star Futures Game bio
Tsao is 8-5 with a 2.56 ERA this season. His 133 strikeouts lead the minor leagues. The 19-year-old Taiwan native started the June 20 All-Star Game for the Southern Division and pitched two scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and two walks while striking out three.
Tsao, the first player from the Far East that the Rockies have ever signed, was sought after by the Yankees, Braves and Dodgers before signing for a Rockies' record bonus of $2.2 million. Lack of pitching in the organization and the Rockies' uniform color were key reasons he signed with the organization over the higher profile suitors.
The Taiwan native, who has an advanced feel for his craft, was 3-0 with 30 strikeouts in 23 innings without allowing a run in the Jr. World Championships last summer. He followed that with a one-hit, 15-strikeout shutout performance for the Asia World Cup team against Japan.
Tsao presently leads Minor League baseball in strikeouts with 149 as of July 26. You can check how he's doing here.
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News
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Chin-Hui goes six innings allowing only three hits, no runs and fanning 10 in a 10-3 victory over the Macon Braves. (August, 2000)
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Chin-Hui goes seven strong innings surrendering seven hits, walking two and punching out five, to pick up the win against the Delrama Shoebirds. (August, 2000)
- Game less foreign to Tsao (Denver Rocky Mountain News, July 10, 2000)
- Top Prospects Alert.com gives a nice dossier on Tsao, including how he uses "his 90-95 MPH fastball to frustrate oppenents. He also has a good slider and a changeup." (Top Prospects, June 21, 2000)
- Article on Alex Gong, who is helping Tsao adjust to America. (Baseball America, July, 2000)
- Tsao is #8 on the list
of Colorado Rockies prospects. (Baseball America, June, 2000)
- Tsao is picked for the all-star futures game. He is
compared to major leaguer Ryan Dempster in this bio. (Baseball America, July 5, 2000)
- A small piece about Chin-Hui. (Denver Post, May 3, 2000)
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Major League Baseball Farm report and a small piece about Tsao living up to expectations (Major League Baseball, April 27, 2000)
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TIME magazine article about the surge of Asian players in baseball (Time Magazine, April 10, 2000)
- Tsao plays his first inning in the Majors! (Colorado Rockies Online,
March 14, 2000)
- A nice feature on Tsao (Greeley Tribune, February 24, 2000)
- Rockies introduce Tsao Chin-Hui (Colorado Rockies Online,
Dec 2, 1999)
- Student article about Tsao signing with the Rockies, with Realaudio (China Post Student Post, October 24, 1999)
- Rockies agrees to term with
Tsao (Colorado Rockies Online, October 8, 1999)
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