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After making club history, Brothers send 23-year-old prospect Yu Chun-hsien down

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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  • CTBC Brothers pitcher Yu Chun-hsien has been sent down and could return to the first team in 10 days, making him unavailable this week.
  • Yu earned his second win of the season after throwing seven scoreless innings against the Fubon Guardians, lowering his ERA to 2.27.
  • He became the club’s third Taiwanese pitcher to throw at least seven scoreless innings, and the first to do so at home.

Yu Chun-hsien produced the best start of his young career, then immediately left the CTBC Brothers’ first-team roster.

The 23-year-old right-hander threw seven scoreless innings against the Fubon Guardians two days before the club sent him down. The performance earned Yu his second win of the season and lowered his ERA to 2.27. He can return to the first team in as soon as 10 days, but he will not appear this week.

Yu, a graduate of Fu Jen Catholic University, entered the Brothers organization as a ninth-round pick in the 2024 draft. He has appeared in 11 games this season, including five starts, with a 2-0 record over 31.2 innings. He has allowed nine runs, eight earned, while striking out 13 and walking 12. He has also hit three batters.

His latest outing placed him in the club record book. Only Lin Ying-chieh in 2015 and Wei Shuo-cheng in 2024 had previously recorded at least seven scoreless innings as Taiwanese pitchers for the Brothers. Yu became the third, and the first to achieve the feat at the team’s home stadium.

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