Liu Kai (baseball)

Liu Kai (simplified Chinese: 刘恺; traditional Chinese: 劉愷; pinyin: Líu Kǎi; born 11 October 1987 in Tianjin, China[1]) is a left-handed pitcher, formerly of the New York Yankees organization.

Liu was later released by the New York Yankees minor league system, along with his Chinese teammate Zhang Zhenwang.

[citation needed] Liu began playing organized baseball at the age of 12, when he was enrolled in a sports school in China.

[4] The first baseball player born in the People's Republic of China to sign with a Major League Baseball club was pitcher Wang Chao, who signed with the Seattle Mariners on August 9, 2001.

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