Jyun-Yue Tseng

Jyun-Yue Tseng (曾峻岳)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 149 lb.

• High School Shi-Yuan High School

• Born November 7, 2001 in Taichung City Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Jyun-Yue Tseng has been a CPBL Rookie of the Year. He is the closer of Fubon Guardians

Tseng was a 7th-round pick of the Fubon Guardians in the 2020 CPBL Draft. He debuted in 2021 CPBL and soon became the setup man of Fubon Guardians. In the middle of the season, since the Guardians were lack of starting pitcher, their manager I-Chung Hung decided to move the original closer Hung-Wen Chen into the rotation. Tseng then became the closer with his 1.40 ERA. After gaining the closer spot, Tseng had 12 saves and only two blown saves. He finished this season with a 1.80 ERA and 0.95 WHIP, fanning 62 in 55 innings. He was fifth in saves and eighth in holds, that helped him beat Tien-Hsin Kuo and Jo-Hsi Hsu to become Rookie of the Year.

In 2022 CPBL, Tseng was 2-4 and a 2.86 ERA, notched 20 saves and 6 holds, only blown 4 saves. He finished third in saves (behind Bradin Hagens and Bryan Woodall). Tseng then represented Taiwan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He relieved Kai-Wei Teng in the 6th inning against Panama, but he allowed a single to Jonathan Arauz then walked Christian Bethancourt and Jose Ramos. After Ruben Tejada hit a single, Tseng was replaced by Che-Yuan Wu. He then succeeded Shao-Ching Chiang versus Cuba in the 7th inning. Tseng gave up back-to-back singles to Roel Santos and Yoan Moncada, then struck out the next three batters (Luis Robert, Alfredo Despaigne and Erisbel Arruebarrena) to end this inning.

Tseng was 2-2 with a 1.22 ERA in 2023, notching 9 holds and 18 saves while sharing the closer spot with Enderson Franco. He was 2nd in saves (4 behind Yen-Ching Lu) and 4th in appearances (7 behind Chun-Wei Wu). On September 26, he broke Yun-Wen Chen's record and became the fastest player to notch 50 career saves. He also attended the 2023 CPBL All-Star Game, and he pitched a shutout inning.

The young closer then pitched for Taiwan in the 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship. He relieved Kai-Wei Lin in the 9th inning against Japan, but he allowed three straight singles - to Shota Morishita, Shugo Maki and Teruaki Sato - after retiring Kaito Kozono. Chusei Mannami then drove in a run with a grounder, and Shogo Sakakura added a RBI single. Tseng was relieved by Po-Ching Chen. He then succeeded Tzu-Chiang Lee in the 9th inning against South Korea, and he pitched a shutout inning. Taiwan won Bronze thanks to Tien-Hsin Kuo's walk-off hit in the Bronze Medal game against Australia.

Tseng's repertoire features a fastball that peaks at 97.5 mph and a slurve