The major reason for that deficiency is found in the composition of the team, which mainly consists of players from the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). The US’ Major League Baseball has 30 teams and the Mexican Baseball League has 16. The last chance for the national team to secure a berth for the Tokyo Olympics is the final Olympic qualifying tournament to be held in Taiwan in April next year. Here are a few practical solutions to enhancing the power of Taiwanese baseball players. This way, the national team would gain practical experience, while the franchises could examine their foreign players’ skills.

Source: Taipei Times November 28, 2019 16:07 UTC