A’s lefty Wei-Chung Wang ‘in the right place’

MESA, Ariz. - There is a potentially fun story of international proportions brewing in the A’s clubhouse this spring.

Left-handed reliever Wei-Chung Wang is in camp on a minor-league deal, trying to make his way back to the big leagues after stints with the Brewers in 2014 and 2017. He would be the first Taiwanese-born player in A’s history should he make the club, and he’s determined to do so after failing to stick in Milwaukee.

“There’s a different hunger in him now. There’s something to be said for a guy who gets knocked down and has the guts to come back,” said A’s special assistant Steve Sharpe, who saw Wang pitch in Korea last year. “We think he can figure it out.