TAIWAN – The Sinon Bulls of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) has finally signed Yi-Chuan Lin, their 2007 top draft pick. Lin, who will earn a monthly salary of 110K NT ($3,200), received a 5 million NT signing bonus ($145,000) which equals the second highest signing bonus in CPBL history.

TOP CPBL SIGNING BONUSES

6 million NT/$174,000 – Chung-Nan Tsai, Pitcher, Sinon Bulls (2002)
5 million NT/$145,000 – Yi-Chuan Lin, Pitcher, Sinon Bulls (2009)
5 million NT/$145,000 – Chang-Wei Tu, Pitcher, Chinatrust Whales (2005)
5 million NT/$145,000 – Chih-Yuan Chen, Outfielder, Brother Elephants (2001)
5 million NT/$145,000 – Yi-Cheng Tseng, Pitcher, Uni-President Lions (1999)

Source: Taiwan Baseball

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