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He suffered a freak foot injury running the bases in 2008. Then last year, he got off to a horrid start (0-3, 34.50 ERA) before going on the disabled list to try to strengthen his lower body. He returned in May but by July it was determined he needed shoulder surgery, repairing a torn capsule.
Rather than go to arbitration with Wang, the Yankees declined to tender him a contract, making him a free agent.
Besides the uncertainty of Wang's shoulder -- he is reportedly on schedule to pitch in the majors by May -- Wang presents an unusual resume.
With a hard -- up to 93-95 mph when healthy -- sinking fastball, he is excellent at inducing grounders and avoiding homers (0.6 per nine innings in his career).
But he also has yet to establish a consistent secondary pitch, and as a result has averaged just 4.2 strikeouts per nine innings in his career. Wang has thus far defied the rule that a lack of strikeouts leads to a lack of success; only one other pitcher in the expansion ERA (600 or more innings) had a strikeout rate that low and a winning percentage better than .600: Pedro Borbon.
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