Chang Yi (baseball)

Chang Yi is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes and Saitama Seibu Lions. Chang is of Taiwanese indigenous descent, with his father is ethnically Taroko and his mother is an ethnic Amis.

Nippon Professional Baseball


On November 22, 2023, it was confirmed that Chang would leave NPB and pursue professional opportunities in his home country of Taiwan.

Fubon Guardians
On June 28, 2024, Yi was selected by the Fubon Guardians with the team's second–round selection in the 2024 CPBL mid–season draft.

International career
Chang played in the 2019 WBSC Premier12 for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team. He was selected to the national team roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic, but withdrew from the competition following a diagnosis of shoulder bursitis.