Ke-Yi Chen

Ke-Yi Chen (陳克羿)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 163 lb.

• High School Nan-Ying Vocational High School

• Born October 27, 1999 in Tainan City Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Ke-Yi Chen has played in the CPBL and for the Taiwanese national team.

Chen was drafted by the Rakuten Monkeys in the fifth round of the 2018 CPBL Draft. He spent his first five seasons mainly in the minor league, only pitching two games with the big club, both in 2022. Chen broke out and secured a spot in the rotation in 2023, and he had a 6-5 record with a 4.61 ERA. He relieved Rui-Yang Gu Lin in the 2nd inning of 2023 CPBL All-Star Game 2, but he allowed a single to Wei-Chen Wang, walked Kuo-Chen Fan then Namoh Iyang loaded the bases with an infield single. Chen retired Chih-Chieh Su, but Li Lin then drove in 2 runs with a single. He forced a fly-out to end this inning, but he then gave up a leadoff single to Ssu-Chi Chou in the 3rd inning. Chen walked Giljegiljaw Kungkuan, then retired Tzu-Hsien Chan and Wang; Shao-En Lin then succeeded him. He was the starter of 2023 Taiwan Series Game 4, and he pitched 3 innings against the Wei-Chuan Dragons with only an unearned run allowed due to 2B Li Lin's error. The Dragons beat the Monkeys in 7 games. He got 68 votes to rank 2nd in the CPBL Rookie of the Year Award voting, 133 behind Hao-Chun Cheng.

The Tainan native then represented Taiwan in the 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship. He started against Australia, and he pitched 7 shutout innings with only 2 singles allowed. However, he still ended up with a no-decision because 6 Australia pitchers combined to shut out Taiwan for 9 innings. Taiwan won Bronze thanks to Tien-Hsin Kuo's walk-off hit in the Bronze Medal game against Australia.