UNITED STATES – All-Star outfielder Manny Ramirez will headline the Los Angeles Dodgers squad that will play in a series of exhibition games called the MLB Taiwan Games this month in Taiwan, the club announced Tuesday.

Taiwan’s first major leaguer Chen Chin-feng played for the Dodgers for parts of four seasons (2002-2005).

The Dodgers will battle a squad of Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) All-Stars in a Goodwill Series featuring three games from March 12-14 at Taipei City’s Tienmu Baseball Stadium and Kaohsiung County’s Chengcing Lake Baseball Stadium.

Joining Ramirez will be multi-titled skipper Joe Torre, South Korean Hyang-Nam Choi, and Taiwan natives Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-lung Hu.

The roster, consisting mostly of young players and non-roster invitees, is subject to change before the Dodgers depart for Asia on March 10.

The complete roster is listed below:

CATCHERS:
J.D. Closser, Gabriel Gutierrez, Lucas May and Jesse Mier.

INFIELDERS:
Ronnie Belliard, Angel Berroa, Jamey Carroll, Chin-lung Hu, John Lindsey, James Loney, Russ Mitchell and Ramon Nivar.

OUTFIELDERS:
Brian Barton, Xavier Paul, Manny Ramirez, Prentice Redman, Michael Restovich and Trayvon Robinson.

PITCHERS:
Mario Alvarez, Alberto Bastardo, Robert Boothe, Jesus Castillo, Hyang-Nam Choi, John Ely, Jon Link, Francisco Felix, Charlie Haeger, Kenley Jansen, Hong-Chih Kuo, Josh Lindblom, Juan Perez, Eric Stults and Josh Towers.

Photo courtesy of Taiwan Baseball

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