Dodgers to sign 17-year-old Taiwanese OF Ko Ching-Hsien

Kyle Madson

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The Dodgers are adding an exciting, young international prospect. According to a report from Francys Romero, Los Angeles is set to sign 17-year-old Taiwanese outfield prospect Ko Ching-Hsien. Romero reported the deal comes with a $700,000 bonus and leaves LA with just over $3 million left in their international pool money. The signing is not yet official. 

Ching-Hsien, a left-handed hitter, hit .550 with a whopping 1.440 OPS at the 2023 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup for Chinese-Taipei. In his 20 at-bats he posted one double, one home run, seven walks and three strikeouts. 

There's plenty to be excited about with Ching-Hsien given that kind of production and the Dodgers' player-development system. They'll also be getting him at an age where he can grow into his tools. 

It'll be a long road for Ching-Hsien to eventually make it to the Majors, but his name will be one to keep an eye on in the Dodgers system over the next couple of years because all signs point to him having all the tools to be an excellent player. 

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Kyle Madson neither likes writing about himself nor writing in the third person. Nevertheless, he persists. While Kyle has spent most of his writing career covering the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, he’s never lost the love of baseball that has resided in the deepest recesses of his soul since he began playing T-ball at 4 years old (no matter how hard John Fisher has tried). Aside from writing, Kyle also hosts a radio show, the Insiders, with James Ham on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento. When he’s not being a sports dork, Kyle loves being a normal dork and traveling, visiting museums, diving further into K-Pop fandom (#SKZ) and hanging out with his wife and cats. Don’t follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @KyleAMadson.