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2016 Season in Review: Chien-Ming Wang

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In the fine tradition of Royals role players like (Nate) Adcock and (Elliot) Johnson, we expose (Chien-Ming) Wang.

The Taiwanese-born righty signed with the Royals on January 7th and, unsurprisingly, "spent last year with the Triple-A affiliates of the Braves and Mariners".

The last two seasons he stood erect on an MLB mound, 2012 and 2013, his ERA was an inflated 7.13. The sinkerballer was most known for his junk in recent years as his fastball had been a limp 88. But he came into spring training throwing 95(!) after working with Ron Wolforth, the man who helped Scott Kazmir regain velocity.