Wang headed to Phillies farm in Florida

Yancheng teenager signs MLB contract with Philadelphia

Bruce Wang Yang on Monday became the fourth Chinese mainland player to sign with a Major League Baseball club after being developed in the MLB system, and he's already set his sights on one day playing in "The Show".

At the MLB Development Center at Nanjing Dongshan Foreign Language School, Wang signed a contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, following in the footsteps of "Itchy" Xu Guiyuan (Baltimore Orioles), "Sea" Gong Haicheng (Pittsburgh Pirates) and "Justin" Qiangbarenzeng (Boston Red Sox).