A Taiwanese pitcher who entered Korea 7 years ago, this time Lotte's uniform? 33-year-old Poong Woon-ah Wang Wei-jung Asian Quarter Candidate Local Report
Dec 04, 2025
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Taiwanese media, including the Zhongtian Shimbun and FTV Sports, reported on the 3rd that `Wang Wei-jung, who has been excluded from the Wei Quan Dragons list, is being mentioned as Lotte's candidate for the Asian quarter.'
Wang Weijung returned to Taiwan after completing his overseas career in 2020, and joined Wei Quan of the Taiwan Professional Baseball (CPBL) as the No. 1 draft pick.
However, Wang Wei-jung was not on the list of pending players submitted on the 28th of last month. He ended his five-year career in Weiquan and is currently a FA.
Local media are paying attention to the new professional baseball Asian quarter system starting this year. Referring to the recruitment of Wang Yancheng by Hanwha Eagles, they said 'Wang Weijung also had a career in challenging Korea. Wang Wei-jung was the first Taiwanese player to be released for more opportunities. Lotte's Asian quarter candidate'
Wang Wei-jung is a Taiwanese pitcher, but he played as a foreign player for the NC Dinos in 2018 and is also familiar to domestic fans. At that time, Wang Weijung started 25 games and played 141 ⅔, recording 7-10 losses and an ERA of 4.26. a somewhat underachieving performance for a foreign player.
He was also a Taiwanese pitcher who played in the big leagues around his career in NC. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2014 and 2017 and the Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates in 2019. Major League Baseball's overall performance is 49 ⅔ innings in 47 games, three wins and an ERA of 6.52.
His performance while playing for Wei Quan for five years after 2021 is poor compared to his name value. He played a total of 122 games (starting 55) 366 innings between the starting pitcher and the bullpen, recording only 15 wins and 26 losses.
In particular, he pitched in just 12 games and 30 ⅓ innings this season, sluggish with one win and an ERA of 6.53. Born in 1992, he is 33 years old, and he is no longer young. Currently, Wang Wei-jung is engaged in personal training in the U.S.
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Lotte is likely to renew its contract with Reyes, and Gamboa has also put his name on the pending list. However, none of the four foreign players' slots, including the Asian quarter, have been filled.
Now that he has recruited Conor Brooks, an overseas scout who was in the KIA Tigers this year, he seems to be looking at it as broadly as possible. Brooks was the one who recruited James Nail and Wil Crowe during KIA, and the two players at the time were also signed only in mid-January.
Earlier, infielder Orlando Arcia, pitcher Troy Watson, and Elvin Rodriguez followed Lotte's SNS accounts one after another, and rumors of recruitment were circulated, but Lotte denied this.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
