Well, no, Chu Yu-Hsien isn’t the best baseball player in the world. That’s still Mike Trout. But Chu Yu-Hsien might be the best baseball player that’s actually playing baseball games on this planet right now.
Who is Chu Yu-Hsien? Glad you asked. He’s a 28-year-old left-handed power hitter from Taiwan, who is currently crushing the baseball in the only professional baseball league that’s taking place right now on the planet. He plays for the Rakuten Monkeys in Taiwan’s CPBL and is the defending league Most Valuable Player after hitting .347/.395/.605 last season for Lamigo in 118 games.
On Saturday morning, at least it was Saturday morning here in the United States, he hit his 8th home run of the year.