The 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 17, , for the 55th 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 with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D ". It has been sponsored by Taisho Pharmaceutical for the seventh consecutive year since 2013.
Summary Only the first round picks will be done by bid lottery. From 2015 to 2018, the second round of Waiver priority was given to the lowest team in the regular season of the league who the most wins in the Interleague play, but from 2019, the Professional Baseball Executive Committee has decided that the Central League and the Pacific League will be given waiver priority alternately every other year, and in 2019 Central League received the waiver priority. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.
First Round Contested Picks Player namePositionTeams selected byFirst RoundRoki SasakiPitcherFighters, Marines, Eagles, LionsFirst RoundYasunobu OkugawaPitcherSwallows, Tigers, GiantsFirst RoundTakaya IshikawaInfielderBuffaloes, Dragons, HawksSecond RoundRyusei KawanoPitcherBuffaloes, FightersSecond RoundTetsu MiyagawaPitcherGiants, Lions
Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. In the first round, Masato Morishita (Pitcher) was selected by the Carp and Keito Mori (Infielder) by the Baystars without a bid lottery. In the second round, Junya Nishi (Pitcher) was selected by the Tigers, Hiroto Kobukata (Infielder) by the Eagles, and Naoki Satoh (Outfielder) by the Hawks without a bid lottery. In the thrird round, Hiroya Miyagi (Pitcher) was selected by the Buffaloes, and Kenshin Hotta (Pitcher) by the Giants without a bid lottery. 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.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yasunobu OkugawaPitcherSeiryo High School#2Daiki YoshidaPitcherNippon Sport Science University#3Koki SugiyamaPitcherSōka University#4Hiroki OhnishiPitcherOsaka University of Commerce#5Hideki NagaokaInfielderYachiyo Shoin High School#6Ryusei TakeokaPitcherKosei High School
Orix Buffaloes PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hiroya MiyagiPitcherKonan High School#2Kotaro KurebayashiInfieldersSuruga General High School#3Ryota MuranishiPitcherKindai University#4Yuito MaePitcherTsuda Gakuen High School #5Shoki KatsumataInfielderInternational Budo UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kazuma SatohPitcherYokohama Hayato High School#2Futa TaniokaPitcherTakeda High School#3Yuito NakataPitcherOsaka Tōin High School#4Yamato HiranoOutfielderNissho Gakuen High School#5Ryoya TsurumiCatcherTokiwa University High School#6Seiichiro OhshitaOutfielderHakuoh University#7Yugo SatohOutfielderSendai University#8Masayuki MatsuyamaPitcherToyama GRN Thunderbirds
Chunichi Dragons PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Takaya IshikawaInfielderToho High School#2Yuki HashimotoPitcherOsaka University of Commerce#3Yuichiro OkanoPitcherToshiba#4Yuya GunjiCatcherKeio University#5Yuki OkabayashiPitcherKomono High School#6Ryushin TakeuchiPitcherSapporo Sosei High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hiroaki MatsudaPitcherNagoya University
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ryusei KawanoPitcherJFE Steel Western Japan#2Kazuaki TatenoPitcherTokai Rika#3Kyohei UenoInfielderKyoto International High School#4Kenya SuzukiPitcherJX Eneos#5Daiki MochizukiPitcherSōka University#6Yuki UmebayashiCatcherHiroshima Bunka Gakuen University#7Shoto KataokaOutfielderHigashi Nippon International UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hakuto MiyataOutfielderFukuoka University#2Ryunosuke HiguchiInfielderNiigata Albirex BC#3Ryota HasegawaPitcherNiigata Albirex BC
Hiroshima Toyo Carp PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Masato MorishitaPitcherMeiji University#2Koki UgusaOutfielderHosei University#3Hiroto SuzukiPitcherKasumigaura High School#4Yuya NirasawaInfielderHanasaki Tokuharu High School#5Tomoki IshiharaCatcherTenri University#6Shogo TamamuraPitcherNyu High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Taiki MochimaruCatcherAsahikawa University High School#2Motohide KinoshitaOutfielderTsuruga Kehi High School#3Takamasa Une PitcherKagawa Olive Guyners
Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Roki SasakiPitcherOfunato High School#2Toshiya SatohCatcherToyo University#3Akito TakabeOutfielderKokushikan University#4Rikuto YokoyamaPitcherSenshu University Matsudo High School#5Koki FukudaInfielderHosei UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Fumiya MotomaePitcherHokusho University#2Shota UedaCatcherKeio University
Hanshin Tigers PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Junya NishiPitcherSoshi Gakuen High School#2Kouta InoueOutfielderRiseisha High School#3Masaki OyokawaPitcherYokohama High School#4Jo EndoInfielderTokai University Sagami High School#5Kento FujitaCatcherChukyo University Chukyo High School#6Ippei OgawaPitcherTokai UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Dan OnoderaOutfielderOsaka University of Commerce #2Kouta OkuyamaOutfielderShizuoka University
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hiroto KobukataInfielderOsaka Gas#2Fumiya KurokawaInfielderChiben Gakuen Wakayama High School#3Taisei TsurusakiPitcherKeio University#4Atsuki MutohOutfielderMiyakonojo Higashi High School#5Yoma FukumoriPitcherKyushu Sangyo University#6Ryota TakinakaPitcherHonda Suzuka#7Kei MizugamiCatcherAkashi Commercial High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yuto EgawaCatcherOita High School#2Shinri KominePitcherKagoshima Josei High School#3Maaki YamazakiInfielderUniversity of Hawaiʻi#4Kiyoharu SawanoInfielderHomare High School
Yokohama DeNA Baystars PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Keito MoriInfielderToin Gakuen High School#2Yuya SakamotoPitcherRitsumeikan University#3Hiromu IsePitcherMeiji University#4Junpei AzumaCatcherChiben Gakuen Wakayama High School#5Hayato TanabeInfielderKaisei High School#6Tatsuo EbinaInfielderAomori University#7Sota AsadaPitcherAriake High School
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Naoki SatohOutfielderJR West#2Takashi UminoCatcherTokai University#3Yuki TsumoriPitcherTohoku Fukushi University#4Jui KobayashiInfielderTokai University Sapporo High School#5Tatsuru YanagimachiOutfielderKeio UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Soichiro IshizukaCatcherKurosawajiri Technical High School#2Tomohisa OhzekiPitcherSendai University#3Daisuke ItohInfielderHachinohe Gakuin Kosei High School#4Haruki KatsurenInfielderKonan High School#5Hidetora FunakoshiOutfielderJohoku High School#6Shota ArakiInfielderChiharadai High School#7Shun MurakamiPitcherYamagata Chuo High School
Yomiuri Giants PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kenshin HottaPitcherAomori Yamada High School#2Ryu OhtaPitcherJR East#3Hirokazu KikutaOutfielderJoso Gakuin High School#4Haruto InouePitcherMaebashi Commercial High School#5Shinnosuke YamaseCatcherSeiryo High School#6Kaito ItohOutfielderSakata Minami High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hayato HiramaInfielderTokushima Indigo Socks#2Sota KatohOutfielderSaitama Musashi Heat Bears
Saitama Seibu Lions PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Tetsu MiyagawaPitcherToshiba#2Shota HamayaPitcherMitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems#3Kouki MatsuokaPitcherSaitama Musashi Heat Bears#4Ryota KawanoInfielderKyushu Gakuin High School#5Sena TsugeCatcherHonda Suzuka#6Hiroki InouePitcherNihon University Daisan High School#7Towa UemaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#8Junichiro KishiOutfielderTokushima Indigo SocksDevelopmental Player Draft#1Toshihiro IdeiPitcherKanagawa University
References
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