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Rojas and Silva in CPBL

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Rojas and Silva in CPBL
The Sinon Bulls have signed right hander Melquiades Rojas out of the Mexican Leagues. He had a 2.08 ERA in 20 GP (21.2 IP) with Estrellas.

Meanwhile, the Makoto Cobras have signed 20 year old righty Tiago Silva.
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Re: Rojas and Silva in CPBL
[ Author: WayneMcGwire | Posted: Oct 8, 2004 9:03 PM ]

I just can not know who those two players you referred to are. Maybe that's a long-existing problem about "player naming" in CPBL. Unlike NPB, players in CPBL will have the chance to be re-named to a totally different name than his original. Some teams even assign the company product name as player's name, which I don't think it makes any sense.
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Re: Rojas and Silva in CPBL
[ Author: Guest: John Brooks | Posted: Oct 9, 2004 8:11 AM ]

One of them is former Expos closer Mel Rojas if I'm not mistaken. You can take a look at the Bulls' team roster here [CPBL in Chinese with Roman alphabet for foreign players] and see if this Rojas is the same one. His weight is close to the one listed on Rojas' page at the MLBPA [Link].
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Re: Rojas and Silva in CPBL
[ Author: Guest: Frank | Posted: Oct 11, 2004 9:16 AM ]

Yes, Mel Rojas' real name is Melquiades.
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Re: Rojas and Silva in CPBL
[ Author: Deviant | Posted: Oct 28, 2004 12:20 AM ]

That's the right Mel. He was the closer on the Bridgeport Bluefish (an Independant League) in 2004. Guess who used to be on the Blueflish with him - Brian Warren! The closer that Mel replaced on the Bulls when Brian left.
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Re: Rojas and Silva in CPBL
[ Author: Guest: kennywur | Posted: Oct 30, 2004 2:10 AM ]

Only the Bulls do that. Rojas was renamed "Shin Feng Kanf(?)," one of their company's product.

That's a specialty of the Taiwanese culture: Due to the impatience of using foreign players, many fans do not even care about their name.
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