Lyle Lin #81

Selected in the 14th round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks out of Arizona State... was previously selected in the 16th round (477th overall) of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, making him the first Taiwanese-born player to be selected in the MLB Draft, according to The China Post... he did not sign and instead went to Arizona State, where he spent three seasons (2017-2019) and hit .301 with 13 homers, 93 RBIs and scored 95 runs in 166 games as a catcher and DH... attended JSerra Catholic High School before ASU... signed with Toronto at the beginning of the 2023 season

At Arizona State, Lin was named a first team selection on the All-Pac-12 team in 2019 as a junior... majored in international business at ASU... son of Min Yu and Allison -- he has one sister, Anny... represented Taiwan in the 2011 Pony League World Series... was a 2014 and 2015 Underclass High School Honorable Mention for JSerra and was a 2014 Perfect Game/Evoshield Underclassmen National Championship... lead JSerra to a 27-7 record his senior season and a berth in the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division I state playoffs when he hit .315 with three homers in 33 games... won three consecutive Trinity League Championships (2013, 2014, 2015) at JSerra... was named a 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American, a Second-Team All-Trinity League as well as Third-Team All-Orange County and was named to the California All-Region Second Team by Perfect Game... originally from Taipei, Taiwan... made his D-backs debut in 2019 with Hillsboro

2023

Signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on April 10, 2023 after the D-backs released him on March 22... began the season on Toronto's Minor League Development List

2022

Made his Triple-A debut while spending most of the season with Hillsboro... appeared in four games with Amarillo and one with Reno... appeared in 14 games with Auckland in the Australian Baseball League, where he hit .250 with a homer and six RBIs in 48 at-bats

2021

Split the year between Visalia (45 games) and Double-A Amarillo (10 games), hitting .222 with 17 RBIs in 171 combined at-bats

2020

Did not play after the 2020 season was cancelled by the Covid-19 pandemic

2019

Made his Arizona debut, appearing in 31 games for Hillsboro in the Northwest League