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• 1/8/8: Minor League Insider : Sung-Wei Tseng The Indians signed Tseng out of Taiwan in July of 2006 after he went 7-0 with a 0.36 ERA for the National Taiwan College of Physical Education. He pitched 73.2 innings and only allowed 3 earned runs and 29 hits, and walked only 8 batters but striking out 73. Shortly after signing Tseng, Indians Scouting Director John Mirabelli commented that had Tseng been in the 2006 Draft, he would have been taken late in the second round and that he physically resembles major league pitcher Tom Gordon.  Strengths & Opportunities: Tseng has a compact build with above average velocity and good movement on his fastball which consistently site in the 91-94 MPH range. Tseng throws five pitches, but his best pitch is a nasty split-fingered fastball which bottoms out well and is considered a swing-and-miss pitch at the major league level. Tseng is a very refined pitcher, and he also has very good control. He is also not afraid to come inside on hitters, and has very clean arm action on his fastball. Not only has he been a student of the game on the field, but off it he has been learning English since he came into the organization.

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