Following his injury, changing teams, and the long recuperation, Tsao Chin-hui performed exceptionally well this year during spring training with the Dodgers. What's more, hurting for pitchers, the Dodgers announced in mid-April that Tsao would be called up from the minors, setting another first for a pitcher from Taiwan--that of wearing uniforms for different MLB clubs.
走過手傷、轉隊，經過長長的休養期，曹錦輝今年春訓在道奇表現優異，4 月中旬，中繼投手短缺的道奇隊更是宣布將曹錦輝調上大聯盟，也創下台灣投手身穿不同球衣在大聯盟獻技的紀錄。