Nien-Hsi Yang

Yang Nien-hsi (; born 10 August 2006) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player who is a pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.

Life and career Yang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, and is of Amis descent. He attended Jen-Hua Junior High School in Hualien County, where his father was the baseball coach. As a student at Pingjen Senior High School in Taoyuan, Yang was selected to play on the Taiwanese national team in the 2022 and 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cups. In the 2022 tournament, he pitched against the United States, recording a complete game win. In that game, he gave up two earned runs to Bryce Eldridge, who would later become a top prospect in the Giants organization.

In 2024, Yang was again selected to play on the national team. He was the starting pitcher in the final game of the U-18 Asian Baseball Championship against Team Japan. He gave up 5 hits over 2.2 innings, recording 3 strikeouts and 1 earned run. The team went on to win the game. At the time of his signing, Yang joined two other Taiwanese prospects in the Giants system, Kai-Wei Teng and Chen-Hsun Lee.