Free agent infielder Yu Chang is reportedly drawing curiosity from three large league groups (h/t to CPBL Stats).
Chang, 27, suited up for 4 groups final 12 months, making appearances for the Guardians, Purple Sox, Pirates and Rays. He slashed a mixed .208/.289/.315 with 4 residence runs over 190 plate appearances, placing out in 31.1% of these and strolling 8.4% of the time.
Signed by the Guardians out of Taiwan in 2013, Chang made his debut with Cleveland as a 23-year-old in 2019. He wouldn’t get many alternatives on the large league stage in his first few seasons, however did get an prolonged run in 2021. That 12 months, Chang slashed .228/.267/.426 with 9 residence runs over 251 plate appearances. Cleveland designated him for project after showing in simply 4 video games in 2022, and he’s bounced around the league a bit since.
Defensively, Chang has usually hung out at first, second and third base, though he has seen somewhat little bit of time at shortstop as effectively. Over his profession, he’s been price two Outs Above Common at first, three at second and 4 at third.
Whereas it’s not identified what kind of curiosity he’s getting across the majors, it appears probably he’d land on a minor league deal offering some infield depth in case of accidents. As such, it’s largely pointless to attempt to speculate which three groups could also be as nearly any group might do with a bit extra infield depth on minor league offers.
