Big list of Asian players in 2012 MLB Spring Training

There are many Asians in this years’ 2012 MLB team rosters.  More than half of these players expected to make it onto the regular season roster.  Take a look at the list,

Takashi Saito (Japanese) – Arizona Diamondbacks – Pitcher

Tsuyoshi Wada (Japanese) – Baltimore Orioles – Pitcher

Wei-Yin Chen (Taiwanese) – Baltimore Orioles – Pitcher

Che-Hsuan Lin (Taiwanese) – Boston RedSox – Centerfielder

Junichi Tazawa (Japanese) – Boston RedSox – Pitcher

Daisuke Matsuzaka (Japanese) – Boston RedSox – Pitcher

Jae-Hoon Ha (Korean) – Chicago Cubs – Rightfielder

Kosuke Fukudome (Japanese) – Chicago Whitesox – Rightfielder

Shin-Soo Choo (Korean) – Cleveland Indians – Rightfielder

Chun-Hsiu Chen (Taiwanese) – Cleveland Indians – Catcher

Bruce Chen (Chinese) – Kansas City Royals – Pitcher

Hank Choi Conger (Korean) – Los Angeles Angels – Catcher

Hisanori Takahashi (Japanese) – Los Angeles Angels – Pitcher

Travis Ishikawa (Japanese/white) – Milwaukee Brewers – Firstbase

Norichika Aoki (Japanese) – Milwaukee Brewers – Leftfielder

Tsuyoshi Nishioka (Japanese) – Minnesota Twins – Secondbase

Ray Chang (Chinese) – Minnesota Twins – Thirdbase

Hiroki Kuroda (Japanese) – New York Yankees – Pitcher

Kurt Suzuki (Japanese) – Oakland A’s – Catcher

Ryota Igaarashi (Japanese) – Pittsburgh Pirates – Pitcher

Tim Lincecum (white/Filipino) – San Francisco Giants – Pitcher

Ichiro Suzuki (Japanese) – Seattle Mariners – Rightfielder

Munenori Kawasaki (Japanese) – Seatlle Mariners – Shortstop

Chih-Hsien Chiang (Taiwanese) – Seattle Mariners – Rightfielder

Hisashi Iwakuma (Japanese) – Seattle Mariners – Pitcher

Hong-Chih Kuo (Taiwanese) – Seattle Mariners – Pitcher

Kolten Wong (Chinese Hawaiian) – St.Louis Cardinals – Secondbase

Hak-Ju Lee (Korean) – Tampa Bay Rays – Shortstop

Kyeong Kang (Korean) – Tampa Bay Rays – Rightfielder

Yu Darvish (Japanese/Iranian) – Texas Rangers – Pitcher

Yoshinori Taeyama (Japanese) – Texas Rangers – Pitcher

Koji Uehara (Japanese) – Texas Rangers – Pitcher

Chien Ming Wang (Taiwanese) – Washington Nationals – Pitcher