2023 Nippon Professional Baseball draft explained

2023 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:122
Rounds:16 (Includes draft for developmental players)
League:Nippon Professional Baseball
First Round:Ryūki Watarai, Natsuki Takeuchi
(3 teams a bid lottery.)
Yūhi Nishidate, Hayato Tsunehiro
(2 teams a bid lottery.)
Prev:2022
Next:2024

The 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 26,, for the 59th 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 11th consecutive year since 2013.[1]

This season's draft was held for the first time in four years with spectators in attendance. However, previously, free spectators were recruited through a lottery, but from now on, spectators will be recruited for a fee.[2]

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 2023 Central League received the waiver priority.[3] From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.[4] It ends when all teams are "selected" or when the total number of selected players reaches 120. Also, if the number of players has not reached 120, we will continue to hold a "developmental squad player selection meeting" with the participation of the desired team.[4]

First Round Contested Picks

!Player NamePositionTeams Selected by
First RoundRyūki WataraiOutfielderDragons, BayStars, Marines
First RoundNatsuki TakeuchiPitcherSwallows, Lions, Hawks
First RoundYūhi NishidatePitcherFighters, Giants
First RoundHayato TsunehiroPitcherEagles, Carp
Second RoundShō KusakaPitcherDragons, Marines
Second RoundYūgo MaedaPitcherEagles, Hawks
Third RoundHaruki HosonoPitcherFighters, Marines

Selected Players

Player did not sign

Chunichi Dragons

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Shō KusakaPitcherAsia University
  1. 2
Keishi TsudaInfielderMitsubishi Heavy Industries East
  1. 3
Rintarō TsujimotoInfielderSendai University
  1. 4
Kōnosuke FukudaPitcherRiseisha High School
  1. 5
Shōta HabuPitcherIbaraki Astro Planets
  1. 6
Ryūma KatoPitcherToho Gas
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Tōki HiwatariCatcherIbaraki Astro Planets
  1. 2
Towa KikutaPitcherEhime Mandarin Pirates
  1. 3
Gōki OdaOutfielderTochigi Golden Braves
  1. 4
Rii KawakamiOutfielderOita B-rings

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Haruki HosonoPitcherToyo University
  1. 2
Yuya ShintohCatcherJobu University
  1. 3
Kazuki MiyazakiOutfielderYamanashi Gakuin University
  1. 4
Ryōsuke MyōseInfielderKagoshima Josei High School
  1. 5
Hinode HoshinoOutfielderMaebashi Industrial High School
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Taiki HamadaInfielderKyoto International High School
  1. 2
Daiju HirataOutfielderSeta Technical High School
  1. 3
Yamato KatōPitcherTeikyo University Kani High School

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Kōta NishidatePitcherSenshu University
  1. 2
Kengo MatsumotoPitcherToyota
  1. 3
Yūki IshiharaPitcherMeiji University
  1. 4
Kyō SuzukiCatcherTokoha University Kikugawa High School
  1. 5
Ryui ItohInfielderNiigata Albirex BC
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Shōsei TakahashiPitcherNew Taipei Municipal Yingge Vocational High School
  1. 2
Sōta TakanoInfielderMitoya High School

Saitama Seibu Lions

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Natsuki TakeuchiPitcherKokugakuin University
  1. 2
Taiga UedaPitcherOsaka University of Commerce
  1. 3
Haruki SugiyamaPitcherYokohama High School
  1. 4
Haruse NaritaPitcherHirosaki Technical High School
  1. 5
Taisei MiyazawaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks
  1. 6
Reon MurataInfielderKogakkan University
  1. 7
Ryōta ItogawaPitcherENEOS
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Kounosuke Joseph SinclairPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks
  1. 2
Asahi TaniguchiInfielderTokushima Indigo Socks
  1. 3
Masahiro KawashimoPitcherHakodate University Yuto High School
  1. 4
Kōji KanekoInfielderSaitama Musashi Heat Bears
  1. 5
Shōta KisePitcherKitasaga High School
  1. 6
Kōichi OkumuraOutfielderGunma Diamond Pegasus

Yomiuri Giants

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Yūhi NishidatePitcherChuo University
  1. 2
Shunya MoritaPitcherHonda Suzuka
  1. 3
Shunsuke SasakiOutfielderHitachi
  1. 4
Yūta IzuguchiInfielderNTT West
  1. 5
Teppei MatakiPitcherNippon Life
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Katsuya MiuraPitcherTokyo International University
  1. 2
Gen MurayamaInfielderKanoya Chuo High School
  1. 3
Kisara UtsunomiyaInfielderEhime Mandarin Pirates
  1. 4
Yūya TanoueInfielderNihon University Fujisawa High School
  1. 5
Atsuki SonodaPitcherFukuoka Institute of Technology Jyoto High School
  1. 6
Takahiro ChibaPitcherAsahikawa Meisei High School
  1. 7
Kōta HirayamaOutfielderChiba Sky Sailors

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Tatsuki KojaPitcherToin University of Yokohama
  1. 2
Haruto SakaiPitcherTakigawa Daini High School
  1. 3
Naoki HinataPitcherTokai University Sugao High School
  1. 4
Jumil Rikai WatersInfielderNihon Wellness Okinawa High School
  1. 5
Takuma MatsudaPitcherOsaka Sangyo University
  1. 6
Daisuke NakashimaOutfielderAoyama Gakuin University
  1. 7
Seiya OhuchiPitcherNihon Wellness Miyagi High School
  1. 8
Takumi AonoInfielderHimi High School

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Ryūki WataraiOutfielderENEOS
  1. 2
Ryōto MatsumotoPitcherMeijo University
  1. 3
Riku TakedaPitcherYamagata Chuo High School
  1. 4
Taiki IshigamiInfielderToyo University
  1. 5
Yutarō IshidaPitcherChuo University
  1. 6
Kento InoueOutfielderTokushima Indigo Socks
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Ikumi TakamizawaInfielderTsuruga Kehi High School
  1. 2
Manato ShimizuPitcherJyutoku High School
  1. 3
Sō OgasawaraInfielderKyoto Shoei High School
  1. 4
Haruto ShōjiPitcherAomori University
  1. 5
Taiga KondohPitcherSenshu University Kitakami High School

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Yūgo MaedaPitcherOsaka Tōin High School
  1. 2
Shunsuke IwaiPitcherMeijo University
  1. 3
Ryūta HiroseInfielderKeio University
  1. 4
Kenichi MurataPitcherMeiji University
  1. 5
Ryōtarō SawayanagiPitcherLoki Techno Toyama
  1. 6
Ryō ŌyamaPitcherHigashi Nippon International University
  1. 7
Yutarō FujitaCatcherFukuoka University Ohori High School
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Shūya ŌizumiOutfielderFukushima RedHopes
  1. 2
Yuwa MiyasatoPitcherTokyo University of Agriculture
  1. 3
Kyōshirō SakuraInfielderKyushu International University High School
  1. 4
Kōki NakazawaInfielderHachinohe Gakuin Kosei High School
  1. 5
Kōtarō HoshinoPitcherKomazawa University
  1. 6
Haruto FujiwaraPitcherIizuka High School
  1. 7
Jumpei FujitaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks
  1. 8
Keishin NagamizuPitcherKyoto International High School

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Hayato TsunehiroPitcherAoyama Gakuin University
  1. 2
Taichi TakaPitcherOsaka University of Commerce
  1. 3
Kazuki TakitaPitcherSeisa Dohto University
  1. 4
Yūto NakataInfielderOkinawa Shogaku High School
  1. 5
Kento AkatsukaPitcherChukyo Gakuin University
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Ken SugitaPitcherNihon University
  1. 2
Keisuke SatoInfielderShizuoka University
  1. 3
Mirai SugiharaPitcherKyoto International High School

Chiba Lotte Marines

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Kyūto UedaInfielderMeiji University
  1. 2
Hikaru OhtaniPitcherToyama GRN Thunderbirds
  1. 3
Yūto KimuraPitcherKasumigaura High School
  1. 4
Oto HayasakaPitcherMakuhari Sogo High School
  1. 5
Ryusei TerachiCatcherMeitoku Gijyuku High School
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Ryōta TakeuchiPitcherSeiryo High School
  1. 2
Shinya MatsuishiPitcherToin High School
  1. 3
Hikaru KōnoOutfielderToyama GRN Thunderbirds
  1. 4
Kazuki FujitaOutfielderNobeoka Gakuen High School
  1. 5
Kōnoshin ToyamaCatcherAizu Hokurei High School

Hanshin Tigers

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Kaito ShimomuraPitcherAoyama Gakuin University
  1. 2
Tsuyoshi ShiibaPitcherTokushima indigo socks
  1. 3
Shūya YamadaInfielderSendai Ikuei High School
  1. 4
Aoi MomosakiInfielderTokai University Kumamoto Seisyo High School
  1. 5
Yūya IshiguroPitcherWest Japan Railway Company
  1. 6
Junya TsudaPitcherOsaka University of Economics
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Kai MatsubaraPitcherToyama GRN Thunderbirds
  1. 2
Kein FukushimaOutfielderHakuoh University

Orix Buffaloes

PickPlayer NamePositionTeam
  1. 1
Seiya YokoyamaInfielderUeda Nishi High School
  1. 2
Kōsuke KawachiPitcherSt. Catherine Gakuen High School
  1. 3
Kaisei TōmatsuPitcherKyoei High School
  1. 4
Shūna HoriCatcherHotoku Gakuen High School
  1. 5
Taito TakashimaPitcherOji
  1. 6
Seiryū KotajimaPitcherNippon Express
  1. 7
Ryūsei GondaPitcherTDK
Developmental Player Draft
  1. 1
Hiroto SugaPitcherEimei High School
  1. 2
Kaito OhePitcherKitakyushu Shimonoseki Phoenix
  1. 3
Riku MiyaguniPitcherToho High School
  1. 4
Taketo AshidaPitcherSaitama Musashi Heat Bears
  1. 5
Sōta KawanoInfielderEhime Mandarin Pirates

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nippon Professional Baseball news 2023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. May 30, 2023. December 14, 2023.
  2. News: Nikkan Sports baseball news 今秋ドラフト会議、史上初めて有料で観覧券販売 全席指定3300円、4日から先行受け付け. ja-JP. Nikkan Sports. October 3, 2023. December 14, 2023.
  3. News: 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. December 14, 2023.
  4. Web site: Nippon Professional Baseball 2023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. December 14, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2023 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D 選択選手一覧. ja-JP. NPB.jp. December 14, 2023.