Yang Nien-hsi
{{short description|Taiwanese baseball player (born 2006)}}
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Yang Nien-hsi ({{lang-zh|t=陽念希|w=Yang2 Nien4-Hsi1}}; born 10 August 2006) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player who is a pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.
Life and career
Yang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, and is of Amis descent. His father is former Uni-President Lions shortstop Yang Tung-yi.{{cite news|last=Lin|first=Yu-chen|title= MLB》陽東益之子！陽念希將和巨人簽約 旅美好手多一人 |url= https://sports.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/4893957 |date=15 December 2024|work=Liberty Times|access-date=20 January 2025}} He attended Jen-Hua Junior High School in Hualien County, where his father was the baseball coach.{{cite news|title=陽念希加盟巨人！前職棒球員父哽咽：全家都以你為榮|url=https://www.ettvamerica.com/News/Article?i=304328|work=ETTV|date=22 January 2025|access-date=25 January 2025}} As a student at Pingjen Senior High School in Taoyuan, Yang was selected to play on the Taiwanese national team in the 2022 and 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cups.{{cite news|last=Scanlan|first=Sean|title=Taiwanese pitcher Yang Nien-hsi signs with MLB's Giants|url= https://taiwannews.com.tw/news/5993843|work=Taiwan News|date=16 December 2024|access-date=20 January 2025}} In the 2022 tournament, he pitched against the United States, recording a complete game win.{{cite news|last=Chang|first=Che-ying|title= 棒球／陽念希完投 中華隊賞美國賽會首敗|url= https://www.merit-times.com.tw/NewsPage.aspx?unid=810840 |work=Merit Times|date=16 September 2022|access-date=20 January 2025}} In that game, he gave up two earned runs to Bryce Eldridge, who would later become a top prospect in the Giants organization.{{cite news |title=Nien-Hsi Yang tosses complete game as Chinese Taipei beat USA, take control of Super Round |url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/nien-hsi-yang-tosses-complete-game-as-chinese-taipei-top-usa-take-control-of-super-round |access-date=24 January 2025 |publisher=World Baseball Softball Confederation Asia |date=15 September 2022}}{{cite news |title=Team USA Falls to Chinese Taipei in Super Round Opener |url=https://www.usabaseball.com/news/team-usa-falls-to-chinese-taipei-in-super-round-opener |access-date=28 January 2025 |publisher=USA Baseball |date=15 September 2022}}
In 2024, Yang was again selected to play on the national team. He was the starting pitcher in the final game of the U-18 Asian Baseball Championship against Team Japan. He gave up 5 hits over 2.2 innings, recording 3 strikeouts and 1 earned run. The team went on to win the game. After graduating high school, he attended and pitched for the University of Taipei, competing in the University Baseball League for part of a season.
On 14 December 2024, Yang confirmed he signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants organization of Major League Baseball for US$500,000. The Giants' Pacific Rim Area scout presented Yang with a Giants jersey at a press event in January 2025, where Yang revealed that fellow Taiwanese player Wei-En Lin had encouraged Yang to join him at the Oakland Athletics.{{cite news |last1=Hsieh |first1=Ching-wen |last2=Lo |first2=James |title=BASEBALL/Giants sign 18-year-old Taiwanese pitcher in US$500,000 deal |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202501220018 |access-date=23 January 2025 |agency=Central News Agency |date=22 January 2025 |quote=The deal consisted of a contract worth US$450,000 plus a US$50,000 scholarship bonus. Yang, who stands at 188 centimeters tall and weighs 85 kilograms, is of Indigenous Amis descent.}} Republished as: {{cite news |title=Giants sign 18-year-old Taiwanese pitcher in US$500,000 deal |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2025/01/23/2003830686 |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=Taipei Times |date=23 January 2025}} At the time of his signing, Yang joined two other Taiwanese prospects in the Giants system, Kai-Wei Teng and Chen-Hsun Lee. He was the first player from the University of Taipei to sign with an MLB team since C. C. Lee in 2008.{{cite news|last=Wu|first=Min-hsing|title=UBL》情定美職巨人坦言比預想快 陽念希成北市大近16年首位旅外|url=https://www.ltsports.com.tw/article/174814|work=LTSports|date=15 December 2024|access-date=13 February 2025}}
References
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Category:21st-century Taiwanese sportsmen
Category:Taiwanese baseball players