Chin-Hui Tsao, in all likelihood, will never pitch a meaningful game for the Dodgers this season. He signed a minor league contract last month and has not received an invitation to the club’s major league spring training camp.

But Tsao’s alleged involvement in fixing a game in the Taiwanese League has been well-documented (see here and here) and makes his return to North America intriguing, to say the least. Tsao pitched for the Dodgers in 2007, appearing in 21 major-league games. He also spent time in the Rockies and Royals organizations before returning to his native Taiwan.

Now he’s back, in a minor-league uniform at least. General manager Farhan Zaidi briefly discussed Tsao and the controversy surrounding the pitcher on Wednesday: