As Craig Calcaterra points out, Chen’s looking for a multi-year deal and the Royals aren’t likely to give him one. That means it’s entirely possible Chen winds up on his 11th Major League team in 2011, pretty impressive considering he’s still only 34. For what it’s worth, Chen is 26 wins behind Mariano Rivera among Panamanian-born pitchers, and is by far the all-time leader in strikeouts by a Chinese-Panamanian pitcher.
I would be willing to guess that Chen’s 785 career strikeouts are roughly 785 more than the next-best Chinese-Panamanian pitcher.
C’mon Josh, no love for Manny Acosta?
Acosta is of Chinese origin??
No, I just lack the proper reading comprehension skills.
And here I thought you had some insider info I was not privy to…
If we were talking about just plain old Panamanian pitchers, some guy named Rivera might also have something to say about that.