AFC Champions League" Jin Daoyong is too popular! Taiwan's main pitcher called the duel "Let's see if there is anything we can do..."

Chen Keyi. (provided by secondary vocational school)

[Reporter Luo Zhipeng/New Taipei Report] In the second warm-up match of the AFC Champions League, the Taiwanese team will face CITIC Brothers at Xinzhuang Stadium tomorrow at 1 pm. The Taiwan team will launch Chen Keyi as the starter. In the last AFC Champions League, he only allowed 2 knocks in 7 games against Australia in the starting 7 games and scored 5K points without winning or losing. This time, he is expected to participate again as a wild card.

Chen Keyi said with a smile that the 2023 AFC Champions League was his first overseas competition, so he was very nervous. He did not expect to be able to play in the AFC Champions League again as a wild card this time. It was actually a bit unexpected. He has grown a lot in the past three years, including his ball speed and pitching confidence. He is looking forward to participating again.

In the last AFC Champions League, Chen Keyi's team Australia started without a score in 7 innings. The Taiwanese team scored 6 runs in 10 overtime innings to win. Chen Keyi has nothing to do with the victory or defeat. He believes that luck is very important when he pitched well against Australia last time. The start was very poor. Later, he found that Australian batters would chase change balls, so he found a way to deal with them.

Looking forward to this AFC Champions League, Chen Keyi hopes to start against Japan or South Korea, but he doesn't know if there is a chance. "If I want to face off against Jin Daoyong, I am more confident in the right-handed hitter. If we face off, I will see if there is a way to suppress him." However, according to the starting rotation arrangement of these two warm-up games, Chen Keyi may start against Australia in the second game next Friday. He laughed and said, "If you think about it, it seems like it!"

The top 12 tournament in the world will be held at the end of next year, and the AFC Champions League will be an important basis for the selection of the top 12 national teams. Chen Keyi said, "If I have the opportunity, of course I want to play in the top 12 tournament, but it still depends on the situation next year. I will make good adjustments in the off-season." Chen Keyi revealed that after the AFC Champions League, he will directly go into training. There is not much difference with previous years, and he will still focus on retraining and revising the pitching mechanism.

In the AFC Champions League, the Taiwan team Lin Ziwei and Chen Keyi are both starting pitchers. Together with Qiu Junwei in the bullpen and retired Tsang Ka Fai, the four of them are important members of the Lotte Peach Monkey starting rotation. Chen Keyi said with a smile, "I hope our starting local pitchers can pitch well, so that the team can continue to use two foreign guns, and we will have more opportunities."

Chen Keyi has played in 17 games this season, starting 16 of them, with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses, an ERA of 4.25, and a hit rate of 1.44 per inning.