Tsung-Che Cheng

Tsung-Che Cheng

23-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Pittsburgh Pirates AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Tsung-Che Cheng in 2025. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
$Signed a one-year contract with the Pirates in March of 2025.
Sent to Triple-A
2BPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
April 16, 2025
The Pirates optioned Cheng to Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday,
ANALYSIS
Cheng was with the big club for a little over a week and didn't play much, going hitless in seven at-bats. He's clearing out to make room on the roster for Jared Triolo's (back) return from the 10-day injured list.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
No Stats
2025
No Stats
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Since 2023vs Right .000 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Right .000 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
No Stats
2025
No Stats
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .000 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Since 2023Away .000 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025Home .000 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025Away .000 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
+52%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+134%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+30%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left 1.145 12 0 0 .500 .545 .600
Since 2023vs Right .755 38 0 1 .323 .432 .323
2025vs Left 1.036 9 0 0 .571 5.000 .571
2025vs Right .443 24 0 0 .238 7.000 .238
2024vs Left 1.000 3 0 0 .333 1.000 .667
2024vs Right .771 14 0 1 .500 9.000 .500
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stat Review
How does Tsung-Che Cheng compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.00
 
BB Rate
0.0%
 
K Rate
42.9%
 
BABIP
.000
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.000
 
OBP
.000
 
SLG
.000
 
OPS
.000
 
wOBA
.000
 
Exit Velocity
93.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
50.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.164
 
Expected SLG
.226
 
Sprint Speed
26.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
50.0%
 
Line Drive %
25.0%
 
Fly Ball %
25.0%
 
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Promotion official
2BPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
April 7, 2025
The Pirates recalled Cheng from Triple-A Indianapolis on Monday.
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Set to join big club
2BPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
April 7, 2025
The Pirates are expected to promote Cheng from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.
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Sent to Triple-A
2BPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
March 11, 2025
The Pirates optioned Cheng to Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday.
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Sent down to Double-A
2BPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
March 12, 2024
The Pirates optioned Cheng to Double-A Altoona on Tuesday.
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Gets 40-man spot
2BPittsburgh Pirates  AAA
November 14, 2023
The Pirates selected Cheng to their 40-man roster Tuesday.
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