Teng Kai-wei First Taiwanese Pitcher in 7 Years To Make MLB Opening-day Roster

Taiwanese Pitcher Teng Kai-wei made it onto the Houston Astro's opening-day roster, making him the first pitcher from Taiwan in seven years to do so.

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00:00For the first time in seven years, a Taiwanese pitcher has made it onto the opening day roster

00:05of a Major League Baseball team.

00:07The Houston Astros put 27-year-old Teng Kai Wei on their opening day roster as a reliever.

00:13Teng is from Taichung and pitched for the San Francisco Giants last season.

00:16He managed to rack up seven strikeouts across ten and two-thirds innings over six appearances

00:21during spring training.

00:22The last Taiwanese pitcher to make it onto a day-one roster was Teng Wei Ying in 2019

00:26for the Miami Marlins.