NEW YORK -- Reliever Jyun-Yue Tseng of Taiwan's Fubon Guardians is entering Major League Baseball's posting system and will be available to teams to sign as a free agent from Sunday until Dec. 22.
A 25-year-old right-hander, Tseng was 5-3 with 25 saves in 48 games this year in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He struck out 65 and walked 13 and 52 1/3 innings.
He pitched this year in his second World Baseball Classic, throwing hitless innings against South Korea and the Czech Republic and getting one save. Against South Korea, he averaged 93.7 mph with his four-seam fastball and also threw cutters.