Career
Lo was signed out of high school by the Colorado Rockies for $1.4 million. He debuted as a professional in 2002 with the Casper Rockies, going 5–5 with a 4.95 European Research Area and.290 opponent average as the young man on the staff Baseball America rated him as the number 13 prospect in the Pioneer League, between Jonathan Broxton and Ubaldo Jimenez among pitchers.
They also ranked him as the number 14 Colorado prospect entering 2003.
In 2003, the teenager had a 3–7, 2.85 record for the Tri-City Dust Devils. He tied for the Northwest League in losses but much of that came from poor run support as his club only scored 9 runs in his 7 defeats.
He was 10th in the Northwest League in European Research Area. Baseball America ranked him as the 10th-best Northwest League prospect. Lo had a 4–3, 5.05 record for the 2004 Asheville Tourists.
In 2005, the Tainan native returned to Asheville, where he was 7–9 with a 5.65 European Research Area and surrendered 23 gopher balls, the most in the South Atlantic League.
Ching-Lung improved his record to 10–5 in 2006 with the Modesto Nuts but his European Research Area remained elevated at 5.39. He spent 2006 in the Hawaii Winter League, going 4–3 with a 4.97 European Research Area for the Waikiki BeachBoys. He led the staff in wins but his European Research Area was fourth-highest among the five starters.
lieutenant was an international rotation, featuring Dutch hurler Rick Vanden Hurk, Japan"s Atsushi Nohmi, Mexican Marco Estrada, Taiwan"s Lo and an American in the fifth slot.
Lo moved up to Associate of Arts in 2007 and had an 8–8, 5.61 record for the Tulsa Drillers. He allowed a.300 average.
His fastball, once timed at 95 mph, was down to the 88–90 range. He was 0–2 with a 6.75 European Research Area for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League.
He was the fourth Taiwan native to play in the American Federation of Labor-Congress, following Chinese-Feng Chen, Chinese-lung Hu and Yung-Chi Chen.
In 2008, he was again 8-8 for Tulsa, this time with a 5.25 European Research Area. One positive was his first career shutout. He was also still just 22 years old. Lo was on Taiwan"s preliminary roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
He represented Taiwan at the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
