STATUS
• Was in camp with the Chicago White Sox in spring training, 2023
• Received invite to Rockers spring training, 2023

CAREER NOTES
• Has played in 698 career games in the U.S. as a professional, stealing 229 bases in 303 attempts and posting a .257 average
• Has played second base, third base and the outfield during his career
• Has 31 career triples to 19 career homers along with 229 career stolen bases
• Never attended a professional baseball game until he played in one
• Plays the drums and enjoys bass fishing
• Was selected in the 2014 MLB Draft along with future Rockers Max Povse (3rd round, Atlanta), Brett Austin (4th round, Chisox), Michael Russell (5th round Tampa)

2022
• Signed with the White Sox and played at three levels including A+ Winston-Salem (South Atlantic), AA Birmingham (Southern) and AAA Charlotte (International)
• Hit a combined .261 with 47 stolen bases in 54 attempts
• Released by Charlotte on 9/23/22
2021
• Was at AA Amarillo (AA Central) in the Arizona organization and played in 11 games before being released
• Signed with Minnesota and was assigned to Wichita (AA Central) and hit .317 with 19 stolen bases in 26 attempts
• Elected free agency following the season
2020
• Played in Australia during the 2019-20 season, pre-pandemic, appearing in 16 games with a .339 average, four RBI and three steals.
2019
• Went to the Australian League and played for Melbourne during the 2018-19 season, hitting .338 two homers, 18 RBI and 18 stolen bases in 25 attempts
• Moved up the AA Northwest Arkansas in the Royals system in 2019 and played in 80 games with a .226 average, three homers, 13 RBI and 26 stolen bases in 36 attempts
• Named a Texas League Mid-Season All-Star with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals
2018
• Returned to Wilmington for a second straight season, improved his average to .281 and added three homers and 46 RBI while stealing 32 bases
• Was a Caroline League Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star with the Wilmington Blue Rocks
2017
• Was with A+ Wilmington (Carolina) for 103 games, and hit .227 with 29 RBI with no home runs and 32 stolen bases
2016
• Moved up to Class A Lexington (South Atlantic) and appeared in 125 games, hitting .257 with four homers, five triples, and 59 RBI
• Added 43 RBI
2015
• Spent the entire season at Idaho Falls (Pioneer) where he appeared in 65 games, hitting .290 with one homer and 28 RBI
• Stole 20 bases in 27 attempts
2014
• Drafted in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals out of Fuquay-Varina HS in Fuquay-Varina, NC
• Assigned to Burlington (Appalachian) and hit .215 in 49 games as an 18-year-old professional rookie
• Had two homers and nine RBI in 49 games
• Played at Fuquay-Varina for Coach Milton Senter
• Was a three-year varsity starter for the Bengals and an all-state pick as a junior and senior
• First team all-conference pick after hitting .423 as a senior
2013
• Helped Fuquay-Varina to the 4-A state finals as a junior before losing game 3 to champion South Mecklenburg
• Earned all-state honors as a shortstop in helping the club to a 30-6 record
• First team All-Tri-9 conference selection
2012
• Also played basketball at Fuquay-Varina
2011
• Received a college baseball scholarship offer from South Carolina as a high school freshman

STATUS
• Pronounced “DYE-gong Yang” but his preferred name is Daikan Yoh

CAREER NOTES
• Born in Taiwan, he attended high school in Japan and is fluent in Japanese and Chinese
• Spent 16 years in the Japanese leagues (Nippon Professional Baseball)
• A two-time NPB All-Star Series game MVP, winning the honor in Game 3 in 2012 and Game 2 in 2014
• Three-time Gold Glove winner, in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and three-time All-Star
• Was a career .270 hitter with 1,164 hits, 105 home runs and 482 RBI with 141 stolen bases in NPB
• Teammate of Shohei Ohtani with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2013 through 2016
• Won a Japan Series championship in 2016 with Nippon-Ham Fighters over the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, 4 games to 2
• Is a career .275 hitter across his 16 years in Japan’s professional leagues

NOTE: In Japanese Professional Baseball, the Central and Pacific Leagues are the “major” leagues and the Eastern and Western leagues are developmental or minor leagues

2022
• Played his first season in the United States, hitting .260 with nine home runs and 35 RBI ion 79 games with Lake Country of the American Association
• Spent the 2022-23 offseason playing in Australia and helping the Brisbane Bandits to the Northeast Division title
2021
• In his final season with the Yomiuri Giants, hit .338 in 56 games with Yomiuri’s Eastern League (developmental) team with six home runs and 22 RBI
2020
• Split his time between the Yomiuri Giants and their developmental team, combining to hit .306 with six home runs and 28 RBI
• Helped the Giants to the Japan Series where they fell to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2019
• Played 110 games with the Central League Giants, hitting .274 with four home runs and 21 RBI with four triples
• Helped the Giants to the Japan Series where they fell to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2018
• Appeared in 87 games with Yomiuri’s Central League club, posting a .245 average, 10 homers and 37 RBI
2017
• Joined the Yomiuri Giants and hit .264 with nine homers and 33 RBI in 87 games
2016
• Played his final season with the Nippon-Ham Fighters and played in 130 contests with a .293 average, 15 homers and 61 RBI
• Helped the Nippon-Ham win the Japan (World) Series over the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
• Chose free agency following the season
2015
• Appeared in 86 games for the Pacific League Ham Fighters and 121 contests with the Eastern (minor) league club
• Combined to hit .266 with 10 homers, 45 RBI and 14 stolen bases in 17 attempts
2014
• Played in 125 contests for Nippon, posting a .293 batting average and hitting a career-high 25 homers with a career-high 85 RBI
• Was successful on 20 of 26 stolen base attempts
2013
• Led the Pacific League in stolen bases with 47 steals in 57 attempts
• Hit .282 with 18 homers and 67 RBI
2012
• In 144 games with Nippon, hit .287 with seven homers, 55 RBI and 17 stolen bases in 23 attempts
2011
• Played 141 games with Nippon, posted a .274 batting average and stole 19 bases in 21 attempts while adding six homers and 26 RBI
• Credited with a remarkable 38 sacrifice hits
2010
• Hit .245 in 109 games with Nippon, collecting two homers and 31 RBI while successfully stealing eight of nine bases
2009
• Played 73 games with Nippon’s Eastern (minor) League team and 15 contests with the Pacific (major) League club
• Combined to hit .272 with 14 homers, 47 RBI and 12 stolen bases
2008
• Split time between Nippon’s Eastern and Pacific League teams . . . combined to hit .279 with 10 homers, 33 RBI and eight stolen bases
2007
• Started the season on the Ham Fighters reserve team and was called upon 4/19/07
• Hit .239 in 55 games
2006
• Selected out of high school in the first round of the 2006 NPB Draft by the Nippon-Ham Fighters
• Played for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic as a back-up shortstop