Wei-Yin Chen Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 0" / 200 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 7/21/1985 (38)
- Experience
- 8
- College
- None
Wei-Yin Chen Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Wei-Yin Chen News
The Seattle Mariners released starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen on Saturday. Chen declined to say whether he would consider playing for professional teams in Japan or South Korea. The Taiwanese left-hander made his MLB debut in April of 2012 as a pitcher for the Orioles. Chen signed a five-year, $80 million deal with the Marlins in 2016 and was released by Miami in November of last year. In his career, the southpaw is 59-51 with a 4.18 ERA in 219 outings (170 starts). The 34-year-old (35 next month) struggled to a 6.59 ERA, 1.54 WHIP and 8.3 K/9 in 45 relief outings for the Fish last year. It's not a guarantee that he'll latch on with another team for the shortened 2020 season.
The Seattle Mariners signed pitcher Wei-Yin Chen to an undisclosed one-year deal on Thursday. Chen made 45 relief appearances with the Marlins in 2019 and struggled to the tune of a 6.59 ERA and 1.54 WHIP with 63 strikeouts and 18 walks in 68 1/3 innings pitched. The left-hander will be an option if Seattle needs him for their rotation with 170 career games started, but he might be used more often as a long man out of the bullpen, which gives him virtually no fantasy appeal. The 34-year-old veteran has a career 4.18 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 7.2 K/9 in eight major league seasons with the Orioles and Marlins.
Miami Marlins starter Wei-Yin Chen will start the 2019 season as a reliever, manager Don Mattingly announced on Sunday. The move is not entirely surprising as opponents have batted Chen around this spring. In 16 1/3 innings, batters have scored 17 runs off 21 hits, three of which were homers. He's only struck out eight batters while walking three. It's a small sample, to be sure, but Chen himself has said he isn't 100 percent. His injury history, coupled with how well Caleb Smith, Trevor Richards and Pablo Lopez have been pitching, makes this an easy call for the team. Those last three are worth grabbing in the late rounds of mixed leagues since they've shown previous flashes of brilliance and may surprise people this year. Chen can be safely ignored in most leagues.