The CPBL and Nippon Professional Baseball signed an agreement in 2004 in which they agreed to keep their mitts off of each other's players, but the CPBL continues to be drained of good players.
熊隊陣中原本就頗受日本職棒界注意的陳金鋒和吳偲佑，經過此番「現場獻藝」，都獲得日職球團青睞，陳金鋒雖在最後關頭決定繼續留台，但吳思佑卻已確定明年將會離隊前往日本發展。事實上，中華職棒是在 2004 年就曾與日本職棒聯盟簽訂互不挖角協定，好手卻仍不斷出走。