Tsung-Che Cheng Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 35 | Run: 60 Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 40 ETA 2025 The Pirates have become more active in the Asian amateur international market of late, handing out six-figure bonuses to right-hander Jun-Seok Shim out of Korea in 2023 and Taiwanese righty Hung-Leng Chang in 2022. Cheng, a shortstop also from Chinese Taipei, may have started the run, getting $380,000 to sign in 2019. Since then, he’s hit and defended nearly everywhere he’s been, including for Colombia in winter ball and the Caribbean Series and in his full-season debut with Single-A Bradenton in 2022. Since joining the Pirates, Cheng has shown a knack for making contact and getting on base. He limits strikeouts and draws free passes, with a walk rate just north of 15 percent heading into 2023. The switch-hitter is never going to be mistaken for a power hitter, but he has added some strength and shown an improved ability to impact the ball, particularly from the left side of the plate, with some extra-base authority to all fields. A plus runner who should continue to be a base-stealing threat, his quickness is an asset defensively as well and he has every chance to stick at shortstop for a long time. The key for him being more than a utility-type player will be to show continued improvement in the offensive impact department as he moves up the organizational ladder and faces better pitching. https://www.mlb.com/prospects/pirates/tsung-che-cheng-691907 去年沒有入榜，今年擠進30名了，加油! --

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