http://tinyurl.com/cv72xa9 Wei-Chung Wang 手術後第一次投球 The Pirates originally signed Wang for $350,000 out of Taiwan in 2011, which was a record at the time. Wang signed at the same time as Jin-De Jhang. However, the left-handed pitcher had a torn ligament in his elbow and needed Tommy John surgery. That put him out for the last year. He pitched in his first game at the end of instructs, making today his second game since signing. Wang threw two shutout innings, giving up two hits, no walks, and striking out one. His fastball was 84-90 MPH. It was closer to the mid-80s in his first inning of work, but was more consistently 88-90 MPH in the second inning of work. “The movement was good, but the speed has not come up,” Wang said after the outing, through a translator. Prior to the surgery, Wang was throwing 92 MPH. He was also throwing a nice curveball today. It came in slow, around the mid-70s, and had big breaking action from the side, kind of like a slurve. Wang also throws a changeup. The lefty used to throw a fork ball, but the Pirates took the pitch away from him. That’s pretty common for pitchers in the lower levels. It avoids injuries, since that type of pitch puts more stress on the forearm. It also forces the pitcher to focus on commanding the four-seam fastball. Wang said he was hoping he would get the pitch back down the line. Wang changed up his delivery throughout his outing, adding an occasional pause in his windup to throw off hitters. He worked two innings today, and doesn’t know if he’ll start this year, but said that he wanted to be a starter. --

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