The All-Star Game weekend of Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) is to be held at the Taipei Dome on July 18 and 19, the third consecutive year the event would be held at the indoor venue.
This year’s showcase features a matchup between a fan-voted “Team Star” squad and “Team Taiwan,” built around players eligible for the this year’s Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC), CPBL commissioner Tsai Chi-chang said at a promotional event in Taipei on Monday.
The APBC, scheduled to be held later this year at Tokyo Dome in Japan, is an international tournament primarily for players aged 24 or younger, although each team is allowed several wildcard selections.
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Tsai said the Team Taiwan roster for the All-Star Game would not consist entirely of younger players, adding that some wildcard candidates for the APBC squad would be included.
Because the APBC takes place shortly after the CPBL season ends, the league hopes to use the All-Star Game to help players begin building team chemistry ahead of the international tournament, Tsai said.
“We hope to establish a basic team framework through the All-Star Game,” Tsai said.
Asked about the manager of Team Taiwan, Tsai said that announcement would be made at a future news conference.
He said that the candidate is among a group of coaches the league has been developing through international and developmental tournaments overseen by the CPBL, including the APBC and the Asia Winter Baseball League.
Tsai said that the candidate is from roughly the same generation as Taiwan national team manager Tseng Hao-jiu, who guided Taiwan to the championship at the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier12.
Asked whether the APBC manager could become Taiwan’s manager for next year’s World Baseball Classic, Tsai said that was not necessarily the case.
“That is not certain,” Tsai said. “The commissioner may change in the future, and the next person who takes over may not continue with the same plans.”
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