The 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 26, , for the 53rd time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB. It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D". 2017 marked the 5th consecutive year in which Taisho Pharmaceuticals had sponsored the event.
Summary
Only the first round picks were allowed to be contested with all picks from the second round onward being based on table placing in the 2017 NPB season in a waiver system. Waiver priority was based on inter-league results. As the Pacific League teams came out on top against Central League opposition, Pacific League teams were given preference. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.
Apart from the selection of Katsuki Azuma by the Yokohama DeNA Baystars, all other picks in the first round went on to be contested being the most this had occurred since 2008.
87 new players were drafted with a further 28 development players selected.
First Round Contested Picks Player namePositionTeams selected byFirst RoundKotaro KiyomiyaInfielderMarines, Swallows, Fighters, Giants, Eagles, Tigers, HawksFirst RoundDaiki TajimaPitcherBuffaloes, LionsFirst RoundShosei NakamuraCatcherCarp, DragonsSecond RoundHisanori YasudaInfielderMarines, Tigers, HawksSecond RoundMunetaka MurakamiInfielderSwallows, Giants, EaglesThird RoundKosuke BabaPitcherTigers, Hawks
Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. In the first round, Katsuki Azuma (Pitcher) was selected by the Baystars without a bid lottery. In the second round, Hiroshi Suzuki (Pitcher) was selected by the Dragons , and Hiromasa Saito (Pitcher) by the Lions without a bid lottery. In the thrird round, Takuya Kuwahara (Pitcher) was selected by the Giants , and Hiroki Kondoh (Pitcher) by the Eagles without a bid lottery. In the fourth round, the last remaining the Hawks, selected Haruto Yoshizumi (Pitcher) List of selected players.
Selected Players +Key*Player did not sign
The order of the teams is the order of second round waiver priority. Bolded After that, a developmental player who contracted as a registered player under control. List of selected players.
Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hisanori YasudaInfielderRiseisha High School#2Yudai FujiokaInfielderToyota Motors#3Daiki YamamotoPitcherMitsubishi Motors Ozaki#4Tsuyoshi SuganoOutfielderHitachi#5Keita WatanabePitcherNTT Communications East Japan#6Shoji NaganoPitcherHondaDevelopmental Player Draft#1Koshiro WadaOutfielderToyama GRN Thunderbirds#2Ryotaro MoriPitcherMiyakonojo Commercial High School
Tokyo Yakult Swallows PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Munetaka MurakamiInfielderKyushu Gakuin High School#2Yuma OhshitaPitcherMitsubishi Heavy Industries Hiroshima#3Harutaka KuramotoPitcherOkayama Shoka University#4Yasutaka ShiomiOutfielderJX-ENEOS#5Yuto KanakuboPitcherTokai University Ichihara Boyo High School#6Takeshi MiyamotoInfielderNara Gakuen University#7Naoki MatsumotoCatcherSeino Transportation#8Takumi NumataPitcherIshikawa Million Stars
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kotaro KiyomiyaInfielderWaseda Jitsugyo High School#2Takahiro NishimuraPitcherNTT Communications East Japan#3Eito TanakaPitcherYanagigaura High School#4Yuhei NanbaInfielderSoshi Gakuen High School#5Ryuji KitauraPitcherHakuoh University Ashikaga High School#6Ryotaro SuzukiPitcherTohoku Gakuin University#7Kohei MiyadaiPitcherTokyo University
Chunichi Dragons PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hiroshi SuzukiPitcherYamaha#2Sho IshikawaPitcherSeirantaito High School#3Wataru TakamatsuInfielderTakikawa Daini High School#4Tatsuya ShimizuPitcherHanasaki Tokuharu High School#5Kosuke ItohOutfielderChukyo University High School#6Takumi YamamotoPitcherNishinomiya Municipal High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Akito OhkuraPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#2Kento Marc IshidaPitcherRyukoku University
Orix Buffaloes PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Daiki TajimaPitcherJR East#2Kōhei SuzukiPitcherHitachi#3Shuhei FukudaInfielderNTT Communications East Japan#4Hitomi HondaPitcherSeisa Kokusai High School#5Ryō NishimuraCatcherSubaru#6Hayato NishiuraOutfielderMeitoku Gijuku High School#7Shinya HirosawaInfielderOita Commercial High School#8Tatsuya YamaashiPitcherHonda SuzuDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hiroki InatomiCatcherSanda Shosei High School#2Kohei AzumaPitcherKobe Koryo Gaken High School#3Akihito HiyaneInfielderHiryū High School#4Felipe Kisu de SouzaCatcherGodenba Nishi High School
Yomiuri Giants PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Takuya KuwaharaPitcherChuo University#2Yukinori KishidaCatcherOsaka Gas#3Takumi OhshiroCatcherNTT Communications West Japan#4Takumi KitamuraInfielderAsia University#5Shunta TanakaInfielderHitachi#6Akihiro WakabayashiInfielderJX-ENEOS#7Kaito MurakamiOutfielderNara Gakuen University#8Dai YuasaInfielderTakasaki University of Health & Welfare High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kenshin HigaInfielderMorioka University High School#2Shingo YamakamiPitcherTokiwa High School#3Shun KasaiOutfielderTohoku Fukushi University#4Yudai TanakaPitcherHaguro High School#5Rui HirobatakeCatcherRissho University#6Shohei KoyamaCatcherKansai University#7Koki OrishitaPitcherAratano High School#8Sota AraiOutfielderSekine Gakuen High School
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hiroki KondohPitcherOkayama Shoka University#2Masaki IwamiOutfielderKeio University#3Tsuyoshi YamasakiIntfielderKokugakuin University#4Yuki WatanabePitcherYokohama College of Commerce#5Akito TanakaOutfielderHyogo Blue Sundars#6Kenji NishimakiInfielderSendai Ikuei High School#7Kanji TeraokaPitcherIshikawa Million StarsDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ryutaro IdePitcherKyushu Sangyo University#2Kyojiro MatsumotoInfielderKōnan High School#3Kazuki NakamuraOutfielderTenri University
Yokohama DeNA Baystars PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Katsuki AzumaPitcherRitsumeikan University#2Kazuki KamizatoOutfielderNippon Life#3Kosuke SakaguchiPitcherHokkai High School#4Shunsuke SaitoPitcherJX-ENEOS#5Shuto SakuraiPitcherNihon University Dai-san High School#6Koki TeradaPitcherIshikawa Million Stars#7Shūmei MiyamotoInfielderPanasonic#8Taishi KusumotoInfielderTohoku Fukushi University#9Yūdai YamamotoCatcherShiga United Baseball clubDevelopmental Player Draft#1Koh NakagawaPitcherMinoshima High School
Saitama Seibu Lions PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hiromasa SaitoPitcherMeiji University#2Manaya NishikawaOutfielderHanasaki Tokuharu High SChool#3Sho ItohPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#4Kaima TairaOutfielderYaeyama Commercial High School#5Kaito YozaPitcherGifu Keizai University#6Ryusei TsunashimaInfielderItoigawa Hakurei High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Wataru TakagiOutfielderShinsōkan High School#2Masato SaitoCatcherHokkaido University of Education
Hanshin Tigers PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kosuke BabaPitcherSendai University#2Haruto TakahashiPitcherAsia University#3Takahiro KumagaiInfielderRikkyo University#4Kairi ShimadaOutfielderJobu University#5Masaki TanigawaPitcherMitsubishi Motors Kyushu#6Johichiro MakiPitcherKeishin High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Masaki IshiiPitcherJobu University
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Haruto YoshizumiPitcherTsuruoka Higashi High School#2Rei TakahashiPitcherSenshū University#3Shu MasudaOutfielderYokohama High School#4Arata ShiinoPitcherKokushikan University#5Fumimaru TauraPitcherShūgakukan High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shuto OgataPitcherGakuhou Ishikawa High School#2Ukyo ShutoInfielderTokyo University of Agriculture Hokkaido Okhotsk#3Richard SunagawaOutfielderOkinawa Shogaku High School#4Kotaro OhtakePitcherWaseda University#5Yamato HigurashiOutfielderTachibana Gakuen High School#6Yuta WatanabePitcherNiigata Albirex Baseball club
Hiroshima Toyo Carp PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shosei NakamuraCatcherKoryo High School#2Sho YamaguchiPitcherKumamoto Technical High School#3Makoto Brad KemnaPitcherNippon Bunri University#4Atsushi NagaiOutfielderNishogakusha University High School#5Atsushi EndohPitcherKasumigaura High School#6Takato HiraokaPitcherChubu Gakuin UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Tsubasa OkabayashiPitcherKomono High School#2Reira FujiiPitcherOmagari Technical High School#3Ken SasakiPitcherOgasa High School
References
External links プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD - NPB.jp Nippon Professional Baseball