Tsung-Che Cheng

Bats L Throws R5'7" 173 lbBorn 2001 Jiuru, TaiwanDebut 2025Team BOSContract 1 y (26) 2026: $341,448

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 54.4FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.40 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	68	60	13	3	0	1	6	17	2	0.224	0.297	0.344	0.641	0.121	0.285	24.9	8.8	73.5	-0.01
2027	162	143	30	5	1	3	15	43	3	0.211	0.286	0.324	0.610	0.113	0.274	26.3	9.0	68.3	-0.12

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 164 HIT+ the next season; 6 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Johnny Wyrostek	1943	-9.8	did not play
2	Pickles Dillhoefer	1917	-33.9	-35.7	12
3	Al Pardo	1986	-13.4	did not play
4	Ryder Jones	2017	32.9	305.8	8
5	Bobo Osborne	1959	35.5	did not play
6	Brendan Rodgers	2020	3.4	100.2	415
7	Tony Martinez	1963	-5.7	29.8	14
8	Jack Sanford	1940	33.9	225.7	6
9	Brad Gulden	1979	20.1	355.2	3
10	Bud Sharpe	1905	29.7	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			162		30	5	1	3		3	15	43	0.211	0.286	0.324	0.610	68.3
2026*	BOS	14	44	7	10	1	0	0		0	4	14	0.256	0.318	0.282	0.600	71.0
2025	PIT	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-119.4
Career		3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-119.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	44	86.6	12.5	7.7	23.1	36.3	29.3	0.237	0.392	0.303	29.0
2025	7	93.2	17.9	0.0	50.0	28.6	25.0	0.171	0.221	0.170

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PIT	SS	2	16	2	4	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2025	PIT	2B	1	6	3	2	0	0	1.000	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	296	7 HR, 10 SB	0.234	0.729
2025	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	397	1 HR, 18 SB	0.209	0.578
2024	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	500	11 HR, 16 SB	0.218	0.661
2023	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	281	4 HR, 13 SB	0.251	0.656
2023	A+	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Bat	254	9 HR, 13 SB	0.308	0.981
2022	A	Bradenton Marauders	Bat	458	6 HR, 33 SB	0.270	0.794
2021	Rk	FCL Pirates Gold	Bat	157	4 HR, 16 SB	0.311	0.941

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.180	0.288	0.178	0.486
2025	0.000	0.150	0.450	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.