2020 Nippon Professional Baseball draft explained

2020 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft
Sport:Baseball
Date:October 26,
Location:Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo
Network:TBS (first round), sky-A
Sponsor:Taisho Pharmaceutical
Overall:123
Rounds:14 (Includes draft for developmental players)
League:Nippon Professional Baseball
First Round:Teruaki Sato
Takahisa Hayakawa
Prev:2019
Next:2021

The 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 26,, for the 56th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB.[1] It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D ".[1] It has been sponsored by Taisho Pharmaceutical for the 8th consecutive year since 2013.[1]

Summary

Only the first round picks will be done by bid lottery. From 2019, the Professional Baseball Executive Committee has decided that the Central League and the Pacific League will be given the second round of waiver priority alternately every other year, and in 2020 Pacific League received the waiver priority.[2] And since it was held in the middle of the regular season, the second round of Waiver priority was decided according to the ranking as of October 25, the day before.[3] From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.[4]

First Round Contested Picks

!Player NamePositionTeams Selected by
First RoundTeruaki SatoInfielderBuffaloes, Tigers, Hawks, Giants
First RoundTakahisa HayakawaPitcherSwallows, Eagles, Lions, Marines
Second RoundShota SuzukiPitcherLions, Marines

Selected Players

Player did not sign

Orix Buffaloes

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Shunpeita YamashitaPitcherFukuoka University Ohori High School
  1. 2
Kendai GenOutfielderChukyo University Chukyo High School
  1. 3
Ryoto KitaOutfielderAkashi Commercial High School
  1. 4
Hayate NakagawaPitcherRikkyo University
  1. 5
Takuma NakagawaCatcherToyohashi Chuo High School
  1. 6
Shota AbePitcherNippon Life
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Kento KawasePitcherOita Commercial High School
  1. 2
Takara TsujigakiPitcherMatsurin Gakuen Fukushima High School
  1. 3
Yuki UdagawaPitcherSendai University
  1. 4
Jui TsuriCatcherKyoto International High School
  1. 5
Yukikazu SanoOutfielderSendai University
  1. 6
Taku KochoInfielderFukushima RedHopes

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Naofumi KizawaPitcherKeio University
  1. 2
Taichi YamanoPitcherTohoku Fukushi University
  1. 3
Sōma UchiyamaCatcherSeiryo High School
  1. 4
Hiyu MotoyamaInfielderTohoku Fukushi University
  1. 5
Hidetaka NamikiOutfielderDokkyo University
  1. 6
Kota KatekaruPitcherJapan Aviation Ishikawa High School
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Shinnosuke ShimoPitcherTakasaki University of Health and Welfare Takasaki High School
  1. 2
Yoshihiro AkahaneInfielderShinano Grandserows
  1. 3
Sho MatsuiCatcherShinano Grandserows
  1. 4
Shota MaruyamaPitcherNishinippon Institute of Technology

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Hiromi ItohPitcherTomakomai Komazawa University
  1. 2
Ryota IsobataOutfielderChuo University
  1. 3
Yudai FurukawaCatcherJobu University
  1. 4
Ryohei HosokawaInfielderChiben Gakuen Wakayama High School
  1. 5
Haruka NemotoPitcherTomakomai Central High School
  1. 6
Yuma ImagawaOutfielderJFE Steel Eastern Japan
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Ryodai MatsumotoPitcherHanamaki Higashi High School
  1. 2
Shinji SaitohPitcherTokyo University of Information Sciences

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Ryoji KuribayashiPitcherToyota
  1. 2
Daisuke MoriuraPitcherTenri University
  1. 3
Haruki OhmichiPitcherHachinohe Gakuin University
  1. 4
Tatsuto KobayashiPitcherChiben Gakuen Wakayama High School
  1. 5
Shun NamikiPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks
  1. 6
Masaya YanoInfielderAsia University
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Shoichi FutamataCatcherIwata Higashi High School

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Takahisa HayakawaPitcherWaseda University
  1. 2
Koichi TakadaPitcherHosei University
  1. 3
Masaru FujiiPitcherEneos
  1. 4
Takuma UchimaPitcherAsia University
  1. 5
Daiki IrieInfielderSendai Ikuei High School
  1. 6
Seiryu UchiPitcherRiseisha High School
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Shun IshidaPitcherTochigi Golden Braves

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Taisei IriePitcherMeiji University
  1. 2
Shugo MakiInfielderChuo University
  1. 3
Ryunosuke MatsumotoPitcherYokohama High School
  1. 4
Daichi KobukataInfielderRiseisha High School
  1. 5
Sota IkeyaPitcherYamaha Corporation
  1. 6
Takuto TakadaPitcherShizuoka Commercial High School
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Tatsuya IshikawaPitcherHosei University
  1. 2
Dai KatoPitcherYokohama Hayato High School

Saitama Seibu Lions

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Kento WatanabeInfielderToin University of Yokohama
  1. 2
Takeru SasakiPitcherNTT East
  1. 3
Takayoshi YamamuraInfielderTokai University Sagami High School
  1. 4
Gakuto WakabayashiOutfielderKomazawa University
  1. 5
Ren OmagariPitcherFukuoka University
  1. 6
Brandon Taiga TysingerInfielderTokyo University of Agriculture Hokkaido Okhotsk
  1. 7
Yuta NakamigawaOutfielderOsaka Toin High School
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Yuto AkagamiPitcherTohoku University of Community Service and Science
  1. 2
Shinya HasegawaOutfielderTsuruga Kehi High School
  1. 3
Ken Joseph MiyamotoOutfielderNagoya Gakuin University
  1. 4
Taishi MamedaPitcherUrawa Business Academy High School
  1. 5
Yoshinobu MizukamiPitcherShikoku Gakuin University

Hanshin Tigers

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Teruaki SatoInfielderKindai University
  1. 2
Masashi ItohPitcherJR East
  1. 3
Ren SatohPitcherJobu University
  1. 4
Yuki SakaedaCatcherRitsumeikan University
  1. 5
Shoki MurakamiPitcherToyo University
  1. 6
Takumu NakanoInfielderMitsubishi Motors Okazaki
  1. 7
Nozomu TakateraInfielderUeda Nishi High School
  1. 8
Daichi IshiiPitcherKochi Fighting Dogs
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Masaki IwataPitcher

Chiba Lotte Marines

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Shota SuzukiPitcherHosei University
  1. 2
Shunsuke NakamoriPitcherAkashi Commercial High School
  1. 3
Ryusei OgawaInfielderKokugakuin University
  1. 4
Tokito KawamuraPitcherSeisa Dohto University
  1. 5
Ryosuke NishikawaOutfielderTokai University Sagami High School
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Yuito TanigawaCatcherRissho University Shonan High School
  1. 2
Kenta OnumaPitcherIbaraki Astro Planets
  1. 3
Daito YamamotoOutfielderKaisei High School
  1. 4
Shoma SatoPitcherSenshu University

Chunichi Dragons

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Hiroto TakahashiPitcherChukyo University Chukyo High School
  1. 2
Hiroto MoriPitcherNippon Sport Science University
  1. 3
Ryuku TsuchidaInfielderOhmi High School
  1. 4
Shota FukushimaPitcherKurashiki Technical High School
  1. 5
Tsubasa KatoPitcherTeikyo University Kani High School
  1. 6
Hironori MiyoshiOutfielderJFE Steel Western Japan
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Ren KondoPitcherSapporo Gakuin University
  1. 2
Kotaro UedaPitcherKyoei High School
  1. 3
Yuki MatsukihiraPitcherSeika High School

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Tomoya InoueInfielderHanasaki Tokuharu High School
  1. 2
Yoshiyasu SasagawaOutfielderYokohama Commercial High School
  1. 3
Kota MakiharaCatcherNihon University Fujisawa High School
  1. 4
Jumpei KawaradaInfielderAomori Yamada High School
  1. 5
Sota TanouePitcherRiseisha High School
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Hiroki SatohPitcherKeio University
  1. 2
Yuya NakamichiPitcherHachinohe Gakuin University
  1. 3
Shuji KuwaharaPitcherKamimura Gakuen High School
  1. 4
Shinnosuke HayaOutfielderKyoto International High School
  1. 5
Riku OgataInfielderKomazawa University
  1. 6
Shoma ItaniCatcherMeiho High School
  1. 7
Shinno OhshiroPitcherGinoza High School
  1. 8
Ryota NakamuraPitcherTokyo University of Agriculture Hokkaido Okhotsk

Yomiuri Giants

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Ryuta HeinaiPitcherAsia University
  1. 2
Iori YamasakiPitcherTokai University
  1. 3
Raito NakayamaIntfielderChukyo High School attached to Chukyo University
  1. 4
Yusuke ItohPitcherMitsubishi Power
  1. 5
Yuto AkihiroCatcherNishogakusha University High School
  1. 6
Itsuki YamamotoIntfielderChukyo University
  1. 7
Tetsu HagiwaraCatcherSoka University
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Hiroto OkamotoIntfielderYonago Higashi High School
  1. 2
Ryusuke KitaCatcherKyoto University of Advanced Science
  1. 3
Naoki KasashimaPitcherTsuruga Kehi High School
  1. 4
Motoya KinoshitaPitcherYokohama High School
  1. 5
Kenki MaedaCatcherKomazawa University
  1. 6
Hayato SakamotoCatcherKaratsu Commercial High School
  1. 7
Natsuki TodaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks
  1. 8
Kenyu AbePitcherSapporo Otani High School
  1. 9
Riku NarakiPitcherUniversity of Tsukuba
  1. 10
Yusuke YamasakiPitcherFukuyama University
  1. 11
Koichi HoshinaOutfielderSoka University
  1. 12
Ren KatohInfielderFaculty of Oceanography, Tokai University

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nippon Professional Baseball news 2020年新人選手選択会議 特別協賛社決定のお知らせ. ja-JP. NPB.jp. June 25, 2020. April 18, 2021.
  2. Web site: Daily Sports baseball news ドラフトウエーバー指名順 1年おきにセ・パ入れ替え 現役ドラフトは継続審議. ja-JP. Daily Sports. September 3, 2020. April 18, 2021.
  3. Web site: Nikkan Sports baseball news 10・26ドラフト 指名順は前日までの順位を採用. ja-JP. Nikkan Sports. September 18, 2020. April 18, 2021.
  4. Web site: Nippon Professional Baseball 2020年 プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD 選択手順. ja-JP. NPB.jp. April 17, 2021.
  5. Web site: 2020 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D 選択選手一覧. ja-JP. NPB.jp. November 23, 2022.