The 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 24, , for the 49th 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 ".
Summary Only the first round picks will be done by bid lottery. After the second round, waver selections were made in order from the lowest-ranked team of the 2013 season in both the Central and Pacific League, the third round was reversed and selections were made from the top team, and the fourth round was reversed again, alternating with selections from the lowest-ranked team until all teams had finished selecting players.
Since the season, the winner of the NPB All-Star Game has determined whether the Central League or the Pacific League gets waiver preference after the second round. However, the 2013 All-Star Game ended with a 1–1–1 record, so the decision was made by lot, with the Pacific League receiving waiver preference.
First Round Contested Picks Player namePositionTeams selected byFirst RoundYuki MatsuiPitcherFighters, Baystars, Hawks, Dragonsi, EaglesFirst RoundDaichi OseraPitcherSwallows, Carp, TigersFirst RoundAyumu IshikawaPitcherMarines, GiantsSecond RoundYuta KakitaPitcherFighters, Baystars, TigersSecond RoundToshihiro SugiuraPitcherSwallows, HawksThird RoundYuta IwasadaPitcherFighters, Tigers Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. In the first round, Kazumasa Yoshida (pitcher) was selected by the Buffaloes and Tomoya Mori (catcher) by the Lions in the first round without a bid lottery. In the second round, Shota Suzuki (pitcher) was selected by the Dragons and Seiji Kobayashi (catcher) by the Giants without a bid lottery. In the thrird round, Ren Kajiya (pitcher) was selected by the Hawks without a bid lottery. In the fourth round, the last remaining the Fighters, selected Ryo Watanabe (Infielder). 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.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ryo WatanabeInfielderTokai University Kofu High School#2Hiroshi UranoPitcherSega Sammy#3Hiromi OkaInfielderMeiji University#4Hirotoshi TakanashiPitcherYamanashi Gakuin University#5Masashi KanehiraPitcherTokai Rika#6Akihiro HakumuraPitcherKeio University#7Ryosuke KishisatoOutfielderHanamaki Higashi High School#8Ryo IshikawaCatcherTeikyo High School
Tokyo Yakult Swallows PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Toshihiro SugiuraPitcherKokugakuin University#2Naomichi NishiuraInfielderHosei University#3Ryo AkiyoshiPitcherPanasonic#4Keiji IwahashiPitcherKyoto Sangyo University#5Yuto KodamaPitcherKanzei High School#6Ryota FujiiCatcherCITYLIGHT OKAYAMA
Orix Buffaloes PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kazumasa YoshidaPitcherJR-EAST#2Daiki TohmeiPitcherFuji Heavy Industries#3Kenya WakatsukiCatcherHanasaki Tokuharu High School#4Satoshi SonobeInfielderSeiko Gakuin High School#5Yuto YoshidaOutfielderHokusho High School#6Kyo OkunamiInfielderSoshi Gakuen High School#7Kento ShibataPitcherShinano Grandserows#8Satoshi OhyamaPitcherSega SammyDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hiroaki AzumaInfielderTokushima Indigo Socks
Yokohama DeNA Baystars PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yuta KakitaPitcherNippon Life#2Shingo HirataPitcherHonda Kumamoto#3Hiroki MineiCatcherAsia University#4Tomoya MikamiPitcherJX-ENEOS#5Taiki SekineOutfielderToho High School#6Shun YamashitaPitcherMatsumoto UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yoshiki SunadaPitcherMeiou High School#2Kouhei MantaniPitcherMiki House REDS
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ren KajiyaPitcherJR-Kyushu#2Yuito MoriPitcherMitsubishi Motors Kurashiki Oceans#3Ken OkamotoPitcherNSSMC Kazusa Magic#4Seiji UebayashiOutfielderSendai Ikuei Gakuen High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shuta IshikawaPitcherSoka University#2Shinsuke ToubouPitcherHamada Commercial High School#3Kaisei SoneCatcherKyoto International High School#4Masahiro HarimotoCatcherBukkyo University
Chunichi Dragons PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shota SuzukiPitcherSeirei Christopher High School#2Katsuki MatayoshiPitcherKagawa Olive Guyners#3Iori KatsuraCatcherOsaka University of Commerce#4Takuma AchiraPitcherJR-EAST#5Daisuke SobuePitcherToyota#6Takuto FujisawaInfielderSeino TransportationDevelopmental Player Draft#1Junki KishimotoPitcherTsuruga Kehi High School#2Daisuke HashizumeInfielderOsaka University of Commerce
Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ayumu IshikawaPitcherTokyo Gas#2Yuta YoshidaCatcherRissho University#3Ryo MikiInfielderJobu University#4Shohei YoshiharaPitcherNippon Life#5Seiya InoueInfielderNippon Life#6Kota FutakiPitcherKagoshima Joho High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ryuzo HijiiCatcherHojo High School
Hiroshima Carp PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Daichi OseraPitcherKyushu Kyoritsu University#2Aren KuriPitcherAsia University#3Kosuke TanakaInfielderJR-EAST#4Keita NishiharaPitcherNichidai#5Yuta NakamuraPitcherKanto Daiichi High School
Saitama Seibu Lions PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Tomoya MoriCatcherOsaka Toin High School#2Hotaka YamakawaInfielderFuji University#3Takuya ToyodaPitcherTDK#4Kazuki KanekoInfielderNihon University Fujisawa High School#5Takayuki YamaguchiPitcherToyota Motors East Japan#6Masatoshi OkadaCatcherOsaka Gas#7Kentaro FukukuraPitcherDaiichi Institute of Technology
Hanshin Tigers PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yuta IwasadaPitcherYokohama College of Commerce#2Shintaro YokotaOutfielderKagoshima Jitsugyo High School#3Naomasa YokawaInfielderTokyo University of Agriculture#4Ryutaro UmenoCatcherFukuoka University#5Shoya YamamotoPitcherOji Paper Company#6Suguru IwazakiPitcherKokushikan University
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yuki MatsuiPitcherToko Gakuen High School#2Yasuhito UchidaCatcherJoso Gakuin High School#3Kodai HamayaPitcherHonda Suzuka#4Yuri FurukawaPitcherArita Technical High School#5Yusuke NishimiyaPitcherYokohama College of Commerce#6Takaaki YokoyamaPitcherWaseda University#7Kazutomo AiharaPitcherThe 77 Bank#8Susumu AizawaPitcherNippon Paper Industries Ishinomaki#9Ryuta KonnoPitcherIwadeyama High School
Yomiuri Giants PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Seiji KobayashiCatcherNippon Life#2Ren WadaIntfielderKochi High School#3Kazuto TaguchiPitcherHiroshima Shinjo High School#4Nobuyuki OkumuraIntfielderNihon University Yamagata High School#5Kentaro TairaPitcherHokuzan High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Makoto AoyamaOutfielderNihon University#2Shota NagaePitcherOsaka University of Economics#3Ryusei KitanosonoPitcherShugakukan 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