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What's the Skil of the CPBL Compared to the MLB Minors?

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What's the Skil of the CPBL Compared to the MLB Minors?
I know that Japan is like 3A and Korea is 2A. But what's Taiwan?
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Re: What's the Skil of the CPBL Compared to the MLB Minors?
[ Author: Guest: BC | Posted: May 23, 2004 2:08 PM ]

I would say that Taiwan's CPBL is very comparable to the pro league in Korea. I think the one major difference in the NPB of Japan is that the majority of their young stars sign those 9 year deals and stay in Japan. As for Korea and Taiwan, the majority of their top young prospects sign with North American MLB teams or the NPB. But all in all, there is much more depth (talent-wise) in the NPB of Japan compared to Korea and Taiwan.

When the Olympic qualifying games for the Asian regional were played, Japan sent it's best team minus it's superstars playing in the US. They pretty much dominated the rest of the competition - including the best that Korea and Taiwan had to offer from their pro leagues. In my opinion, the only reason Taiwan qualified for the Olympics is not because of their pro league players, but because of the good performances by their overseas players - Chen C.F. of the Dodgers, Chang C.C. who plays in the NPB (Seibu), and Wang C.M. of the Yankees. The only professional CPBL player who shined for Taiwan was Peng C.M. of the Elephants. Sluggers Chang T.S. of the Bulls and Chen C.Y. of the Elephants all had subpar performances.

Once they can get the baseball World Cup going, we'll have a better idea as to how far Korea and Taiwan have to go in order to catch up to the likes of Japan, U.S., Cuba, D.R., P.R., etc.
Re: What's the Skil of the CPBL Compared to the MLB Minors?
[ Author: Guest: Tony | Posted: May 27, 2004 7:22 AM ]

Okay, thanks.
Re: What's the Skil of the CPBL Compared to the MLB Minors?
[ Author: Guest: kenny | Posted: Jun 13, 2004 11:52 PM ]

A+
That's all.
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