Yang Nien-hsi

In this Taiwanese name, the surname is Yang.

Yang Nien-hsi (Chinese: 陽念希; Wade–Giles: Yang² Nien⁴-Hsi¹; born 10 August 2006) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player who is a pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.

Yang Nien-hsi
San Francisco Giants
Pitcher
Born: (2006-08-10) August 10, 2006 (age 18) Tainan, Taiwan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Medals Representing  Chinese Taipei Men's baseball U-18 Asian Baseball Championship 2024 Taiwan Team

Yang Nien-hsi
Chinese	陽念希
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Wade–Giles Yang2 Nien4-Hsi1

Life and career

Yang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, and is of Amis descent.^[1] His father is former Uni-President Lions shortstop Yang Tung-yi.^[2] He attended Jen-Hua Junior High School in Hualien County, where his father was the baseball coach.^[3] As a student at Pingjen Senior High School in Taoyuan, Yang was selected to play on the Taiwanese national team in the 2022 and 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cups.^[4] In the 2022 tournament, he pitched against the United States, recording a complete game win.^[5] In that game, he gave up two earned runs to Bryce Eldridge, who would later become a top prospect in the Giants organization.^[6][7]

In 2024, Yang was again selected to play on the national team. He was the starting pitcher in the final game of the U-18 Asian Baseball Championship against Team Japan. He gave up 5 hits over 2.2 innings, recording 3 strikeouts and 1 earned run. The team went on to win the game.^[4] After graduating high school, he attended and pitched for the University of Taipei, competing in the University Baseball League for part of a season.^[4]

On 14 December 2024, Yang confirmed he signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants organization of Major League Baseball for US$500,000.^[4] The Giants' Pacific Rim Area scout presented Yang with a Giants jersey at a press event in January 2025, where Yang revealed that fellow Taiwanese player Wei-En Lin had encouraged Yang to join him at the Oakland Athletics.^[1] At the time of his signing, Yang joined two other Taiwanese prospects in the Giants system, Kai-Wei Teng and Chen-Hsun Lee.^[2] He was the first player from the University of Taipei to sign with an MLB team since C. C. Lee in 2008.^[8]