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. 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 8th consecutive year since 2013.
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. 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. 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 RoundTeruaki SatoInfielderBuffaloes, Tigers, Hawks, GiantsFirst RoundTakahisa HayakawaPitcherSwallows, Eagles, Lions, MarinesSecond RoundShota SuzukiPitcherLions, Marines
Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. In the first round, Hiromi Itoh (Pitcher) was selected by the Fighters, Ryoji Kuribayashi (Pitcher) by the Carp, Taisei Irie (Pitcher) by the BayStars, and Hiroto Takahashi (Pitcher) by the Dragons without a bid lottery. In the second round, Shunpeita Yamashita (Pitcher) was selected by the Buffaloes, Kento Watanabe (Infielder) by the Lions, Tomoya Inoue (Infielder) by the Hawks, and Ryuta Heinai (Pitcher) by the Giants without a bid lottery. In the thrird round, the last remaining the Swallows, selected Naofumi Kizawa (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.
Orix Buffaloes PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shunpeita YamashitaPitcherFukuoka University Ohori High School#2Kendai GenOutfielderChukyo University Chukyo High School#3Ryoto KitaOutfielderAkashi Commercial High School#4Hayate NakagawaPitcherRikkyo University#5Takuma NakagawaCatcherToyohashi Chuo High School#6Shota AbePitcherNippon LifeDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kento KawasePitcherOita Commercial High School#2Takara TsujigakiPitcherMatsurin Gakuen Fukushima High School#3Yuki UdagawaPitcherSendai University#4Jui TsuriCatcherKyoto International High School#5Yukikazu SanoOutfielderSendai University#6Taku KochoInfielderFukushima RedHopes
Tokyo Yakult Swallows PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Naofumi KizawaPitcherKeio University#2Taichi YamanoPitcherTohoku Fukushi University#3Sōma UchiyamaCatcherSeiryo High School#4Hiyu MotoyamaInfielderTohoku Fukushi University#5Hidetaka NamikiOutfielderDokkyo University#6Kota KatekaruPitcherJapan Aviation Ishikawa High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shinnosuke ShimoPitcherTakasaki University of Health and Welfare Takasaki High School#2Yoshihiro AkahaneInfielderShinano Grandserows#3Sho MatsuiCatcherShinano Grandserows#4Shota MaruyamaPitcherNishinippon Institute of Technology
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hiromi ItohPitcherTomakomai Komazawa University#2Ryota IsobataOutfielderChuo University#3Yudai FurukawaCatcherJobu University#4Ryohei HosokawaInfielderChiben Gakuen Wakayama High School#5Haruka NemotoPitcherTomakomai Central High School#6Yuma ImagawaOutfielderJFE Steel Eastern JapanDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ryodai MatsumotoPitcherHanamaki Higashi High School#2Shinji SaitohPitcherTokyo University of Information Sciences
Hiroshima Toyo Carp PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ryoji KuribayashiPitcherToyota#2Daisuke MoriuraPitcherTenri University#3Haruki OhmichiPitcherHachinohe Gakuin University#4Tatsuto KobayashiPitcherChiben Gakuen Wakayama High School#5Shun NamikiPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#6Masaya YanoInfielderAsia UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shoichi FutamataCatcherIwata Higashi High School
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Takahisa HayakawaPitcherWaseda University#2Koichi TakadaPitcherHosei University#3Masaru FujiiPitcherEneos#4Takuma UchimaPitcherAsia University#5Daiki IrieInfielderSendai Ikuei High School#6Seiryu UchiPitcherRiseisha High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shun IshidaPitcherTochigi Golden Braves
Yokohama DeNA Baystars PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Taisei IriePitcherMeiji University#2Shugo MakiInfielderChuo University#3Ryunosuke MatsumotoPitcherYokohama High School#4Daichi KobukataInfielderRiseisha High School#5Sota IkeyaPitcherYamaha Corporation#6Takuto TakadaPitcherShizuoka Commercial High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Tatsuya IshikawaPitcherHosei University#2Dai KatoPitcherYokohama Hayato High School
Saitama Seibu Lions PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kento WatanabeInfielderToin University of Yokohama#2Takeru SasakiPitcherNTT East#3Takayoshi YamamuraInfielderTokai University Sagami High School#4Gakuto WakabayashiOutfielderKomazawa University#5Ren OmagariPitcherFukuoka University#6Brandon Taiga TysingerInfielderTokyo University of Agriculture Hokkaido Okhotsk#7Yuta NakamigawaOutfielderOsaka Toin High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yuto AkagamiPitcherTohoku University of Community Service and Science#2Shinya HasegawaOutfielderTsuruga Kehi High School#3Ken Joseph MiyamotoOutfielderNagoya Gakuin University#4Taishi MamedaPitcherUrawa Business Academy High School#5Yoshinobu MizukamiPitcherShikoku Gakuin University
Hanshin Tigers PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Teruaki SatoInfielderKindai University#2Masashi ItohPitcherJR East#3Ren SatohPitcherJobu University#4Yuki SakaedaCatcherRitsumeikan University#5Shoki MurakamiPitcherToyo University#6Takumu NakanoInfielderMitsubishi Motors Okazaki#7Nozomu TakateraInfielderUeda Nishi High School#8Daichi IshiiPitcherKochi Fighting DogsDevelopmental Player Draft#1Masaki IwataPitcherKyushu Sangyo University
Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shota SuzukiPitcherHosei University#2Shunsuke NakamoriPitcherAkashi Commercial High School#3Ryusei OgawaInfielderKokugakuin University#4Tokito KawamuraPitcherSeisa Dohto University#5Ryosuke NishikawaOutfielderTokai University Sagami High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yuito TanigawaCatcherRissho University Shonan High School#2Kenta OnumaPitcherIbaraki Astro Planets#3Daito YamamotoOutfielderKaisei High School#4Shoma SatoPitcherSenshu University
Chunichi Dragons PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hiroto TakahashiPitcherChukyo University Chukyo High School#2Hiroto MoriPitcherNippon Sport Science University#3Ryūku TsuchidaInfielderOhmi High School#4Shota FukushimaPitcherKurashiki Technical High School#5Tsubasa KatoPitcherTeikyo University Kani High School#6Hironori MiyoshiOutfielderJFE Steel Western JapanDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ren KondōPitcherSapporo Gakuin University#2Kōtarō UedaPitcherKyoei High School#3Yūta MatsukihiraPitcherSeika High School
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Tomoya InoueInfielderHanasaki Tokuharu High School#2Yoshiyasu SasagawaOutfielderYokohama Commercial High School#3Kota MakiharaCatcherNihon University Fujisawa High School#4Jumpei KawaradaInfielderAomori Yamada High School#5Sota TanouePitcherRiseisha High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hiroki SatohPitcherKeio University#2Yuya NakamichiPitcherHachinohe Gakuin University#3Shuji KuwaharaPitcherKamimura Gakuen High School#4Shinnosuke HayaOutfielderKyoto International High School#5Riku OgataInfielderKomazawa University#6Shoma ItaniCatcherMeiho High School#7Shinno OhshiroPitcherGinoza High School#8Ryota NakamuraPitcherTokyo University of Agriculture Hokkaido Okhotsk
Yomiuri Giants PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ryuta HeinaiPitcherAsia University#2Iori YamasakiPitcherTokai University#3Raito NakayamaIntfielderChukyo High School attached to Chukyo University#4Yusuke ItohPitcherMitsubishi Power#5Yuto AkihiroCatcherNishogakusha University High School#6Itsuki YamamotoIntfielderChukyo University#7Tetsu HagiwaraCatcherSoka UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hiroto OkamotoIntfielderYonago Higashi High School#2Ryusuke KitaCatcherKyoto University of Advanced Science#3Naoki KasashimaPitcherTsuruga Kehi High School#4Motoya KinoshitaPitcherYokohama High School#5Kenki MaedaCatcherKomazawa University#6Hayato SakamotoCatcherKaratsu Commercial High School#7Natsuki TodaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#8Kenyu AbePitcherSapporo Otani High School#9Riku NarakiPitcherUniversity of Tsukuba#10Yusuke YamasakiPitcherFukuyama University#11Koichi HoshinaOutfielderSoka University#12Ren KatohInfielderFaculty of Oceanography, Tokai University
References
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