In 2005 and 2006, Lin Ying-chieh and Lin En-yu, both Macoto Cobras, began playing for Japan's Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Japanese scouts seem to swoop down whenever good players, like Yang Chien-fu or Pan Wei-lun, materialize in the CPBL.
2005 年和 2006 年，同屬誠泰 Cobras 的林英傑和林恩宇先後轉戰日本樂天隊。此外，包括陽建福、潘威倫等人在內，國內職棒只要有好手竄出，覬覦的日本球團幾乎馬上就會派人接洽。