The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) announced Friday that it has resigned star outfielder Chen Chieh-hsien (陳傑憲) to a record-breaking new contract worth NT$200 million (US$6.06 million).
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