Hung-Yu Lin

Who is Hung-Yu Lin?

Hung-Yu Lin is a Taiwanese baseball player who plays with the Lamigo Monkeys in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

He played for Taiwan in the 2006 World University Baseball Championship and 2006 Haarlem Baseball Week. He was drafted by the La New Bears in 2008 and assigned to their minor league team. In the 2009 World Port Tournament, Lin hit .296/.345/.407 as a C-DH, splitting backstop duties with Kun-Sheng Lin. He was with Taiwan for the 2009 Asian Baseball Championship. He remained with Taiwan in the 2009 Baseball World Cup, serving as their cleanup hitter and DH. He hit .241/.250/.500 with a team-high four homers and 16 RBI in 15 games, showing great power but poor OBP and strikeout skills. He had game-winning hits against Australia and Japan.

Lin made his pro debut on March 20 with the La New Bears, hitting 5th behind Chin-Feng Chen and catching for a team depleted by a gambling scandal over the offseason. Lin had a strong debut, going 2 for 4. He hit .303/.337/.434 as a rookie in 2010 but did not take home Rookie of the Year honors, which went instead to pitcher Ching-Ming Wang. He ranked among the CPBL leaders in average, doubles, RBI and slugging.