Chen-Wei Lin named Cardinals' Minor League Pitcher for the Month of August
JUPITER, FL, September 5th, 2024 - Chen-Wei Lin has been selected as the Cardinals Organization Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August. Lin, the first Cardinals pitcher from Taiwan, had an extraordinary month, posting a 4-0 record with a 0.62 ERA (2 ER/29.0 IP), 0.90 WHIP, with 36 strikeouts
JUPITER, FL, September 5th, 2024 - Chen-Wei Lin has been selected as the Cardinals Organization Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August.
Lin, the first Cardinals pitcher from Taiwan, had an extraordinary month, posting a 4-0 record with a 0.62 ERA (2 ER/29.0 IP), 0.90 WHIP, with 36 strikeouts and just two extra-base hits allowed across five August starts. He made three starts allowing no runs, including a season-high 7.0 shutout innings on August 1 vs. Bradenton. The 6’7” pitcher also tallied a career-high nine strikeouts in his most recent start on August 29 vs. Daytona and is currently riding a 11.0 scoreless inning streak.
Signed by the Cardinals as an international free-agent and the first player ever signed out of Taiwan in July 2023, Lin becomes the fourth different Palm Beach pitcher to take home Pitcher of the Month honors this season, joining Quinn Mathews, Darlin Saladin and José Dávila. Overall this season, he is 10-5 across 21 starts (all with Palm Beach) with a 2.76 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 111.0 innings pitched.