2017 Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2017 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft
Kotaro Kiyomiya, who was nominated and a bid lottery for by seven teams.
General information
SportBaseball
Date(s)October 26, 2017
LocationGrand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo
Network(s)TBS (first round), sky-A
Sponsored byTaisho Pharmaceutical
Overview
114 total selections in 17 (Includes draft for developmental players) rounds
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
First round selectionsKotaro Kiyomiya
Daiki Tajima
Shosei Nakamura
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The 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 26, 2017, 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.[1] 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

First Round Contested Picks

Player Name Position Teams Selected by
First Round Kotaro Kiyomiya Infielder Marines, Swallows, Fighters, Giants, Eagles, Tigers, Hawks
First Round Daiki Tajima Pitcher Buffaloes, Lions
First Round Shosei Nakamura Catcher Carp, Dragons
Second Round Hisanori Yasuda Infielder Marines, Tigers, Hawks
Second Round Munetaka Murakami Infielder Swallows, Giants, Eagles
Third Round Kosuke Baba Pitcher Tigers, 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.[4]

Selected Players

Key
* Player did not sign

Chiba Lotte Marines

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Hisanori Yasuda Infielder Riseisha High School
#2 Yudai Fujioka Infielder Toyota Motors
#3 Daiki Yamamoto Pitcher Mitsubishi Motors Ozaki
#4 Tsuyoshi Sugano Outfielder Hitachi
#5 Keita Watanabe Pitcher NTT Communications East Japan
#6 Shoji Nagano Pitcher Honda
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Koshiro Wada Outfielder Toyama GRN Thunderbirds
#2 Ryotaro Mori Pitcher Miyakonojo Commercial High School

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Munetaka Murakami Infielder Kyushu Gakuin High School
#2 Yuma Ohshita Pitcher Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Hiroshima
#3 Harutaka Kuramoto Pitcher Okayama Shoka University
#4 Yasutaka Shiomi Outfielder JX-ENEOS
#5 Yuto Kanakubo Pitcher Tokai University Ichihara Boyo High School
#6 Takeshi Miyamoto Infielder Nara Gakuen University
#7 Naoki Matsumoto Catcher Seino Transportation
#8 Takumi Numata Pitcher Ishikawa Million Stars

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Kotaro Kiyomiya Infielder Waseda Jitsugyo High School
#2 Takahiro Nishimura Pitcher NTT Communications East Japan
#3 Eito Tanaka Pitcher Yanagigaura High School
#4 Yuhei Nanba Infielder Soshi Gakuen High School
#5 Ryuji Kitaura Pitcher Hakuoh University Ashikaga High School
#6 Ryotaro Suzuki Pitcher Tohoku Gakuin University
#7 Kohei Miyadai Pitcher Tokyo University

Chunichi Dragons

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Hiroshi Suzuki Pitcher Yamaha
#2 Sho Ishikawa Pitcher Seirantaito High School
#3 Wataru Takamatsu Infielder Takikawa Daini High School
#4 Tatsuya Shimizu Pitcher Hanasaki Tokuharu High School
#5 Kosuke Itoh Outfielder Chukyo University High School
#6 Takumi Yamamoto Pitcher Nishinomiya Municipal High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Akito Ohkura Pitcher Tokushima Indigo Socks
#2 Kento Marc Ishida Pitcher Ryukoku University

Orix Buffaloes

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Daiki Tajima Pitcher JR East
#2 Kōhei Suzuki Pitcher Hitachi
#3 Shuhei Fukuda Infielder NTT Communications East Japan
#4 Hitomi Honda Pitcher Seisa Kokusai High School
#5 Ryō Nishimura Catcher Subaru
#6 Hayato Nishiura Outfielder Meitoku Gijuku High School
#7 Shinya Hirosawa Infielder Oita Commercial High School
#8 Tatsuya Yamaashi Pitcher Honda Suzu
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Hiroki Inatomi Catcher Sanda Shosei High School
#2 Kohei Azuma Pitcher Kobe Koryo Gaken High School
#3 Akihito Hiyane Infielder Hiryū High School
#4 Felipe Kisu de Souza Catcher Godenba Nishi High School

Yomiuri Giants

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Takuya Kuwahara Pitcher Chuo University
#2 Yukinori Kishida Catcher Osaka Gas
#3 Takumi Ohshiro Catcher NTT Communications West Japan
#4 Takumi Kitamura Infielder Asia University
#5 Shunta Tanaka Infielder Hitachi
#6 Akihiro Wakabayashi Infielder JX-ENEOS
#7 Kaito Murakami Outfielder Nara Gakuen University
#8 Dai Yuasa Infielder Takasaki University of Health & Welfare High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Kenshin Higa Infielder Morioka University High School
#2 Shingo Yamakami Pitcher Tokiwa High School
#3 Shun Kasai Outfielder Tohoku Fukushi University
#4 Yudai Tanaka Pitcher Haguro High School
#5 Rui Hirobatake Catcher Rissho University
#6 Shohei Koyama Catcher Kansai University
#7 Koki Orishita Pitcher Aratano High School
#8 Sota Arai Outfielder Sekine Gakuen High School

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Hiroki Kondoh Pitcher Okayama Shoka University
#2 Masaki Iwami Outfielder Keio University
#3 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki Intfielder Kokugakuin University
#4 Yuki Watanabe Pitcher Yokohama College of Commerce
#5 Akito Tanaka Outfielder Hyogo Blue Sundars
#6 Kenji Nishimaki Infielder Sendai Ikuei High School
#7 Kanji Teraoka Pitcher Ishikawa Million Stars
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Ryutaro Ide Pitcher Kyushu Sangyo University
#2 Kyojiro Matsumoto Infielder Kōnan High School
#3 Kazuki Nakamura Outfielder Tenri University

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Katsuki Azuma Pitcher Ritsumeikan University
#2 Kazuki Kamizato Outfielder Nippon Life
#3 Kosuke Sakaguchi Pitcher Hokkai High School
#4 Shunsuke Saito Pitcher JX-ENEOS
#5 Shuto Sakurai Pitcher Nihon University Dai-san High School
#6 Koki Terada Pitcher Ishikawa Million Stars
#7 Shūmei Miyamoto Infielder Panasonic
#8 Taishi Kusumoto Infielder Tohoku Fukushi University
#9 Yūdai Yamamoto Catcher Shiga United Baseball club
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Koh Nakagawa Pitcher Minoshima High School

Saitama Seibu Lions

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Hiromasa Saito Pitcher Meiji University
#2 Manaya Nishikawa Outfielder Hanasaki Tokuharu High SChool
#3 Sho Itoh Pitcher Tokushima Indigo Socks
#4 Kaima Taira Outfielder Yaeyama Commercial High School
#5 Kaito Yoza Pitcher Gifu Keizai University
#6 Ryusei Tsunashima Infielder Itoigawa Hakurei High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Wataru Takagi Outfielder Shinsōkan High School
#2 Masato Saito Catcher Hokkaido University of Education

Hanshin Tigers

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Kosuke Baba Pitcher Sendai University
#2 Haruto Takahashi Pitcher Asia University
#3 Takahiro Kumagai Infielder Rikkyo University
#4 Kairi Shimada Outfielder Jobu University
#5 Masaki Tanigawa Pitcher Mitsubishi Motors Kyushu
#6 Johichiro Maki Pitcher Keishin High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Masaki Ishii Pitcher Jobu University

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Haruto Yoshizumi Pitcher Tsuruoka Higashi High School
#2 Rei Takahashi Pitcher Senshū University
#3 Shu Masuda Outfielder Yokohama High School
#4 Arata Shiino Pitcher Kokushikan University
#5 Fumimaru Taura Pitcher Shūgakukan High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Shuto Ogata Pitcher Gakuhou Ishikawa High School
#2 Ukyo Shuto Infielder Tokyo University of Agriculture Hokkaido Okhotsk
#3 Richard Sunagawa Outfielder Okinawa Shogaku High School
#4 Kotaro Ohtake Pitcher Waseda University
#5 Yamato Higurashi Outfielder Tachibana Gakuen High School
#6 Yuta Watanabe Pitcher Niigata Albirex Baseball club

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Shosei Nakamura Catcher Koryo High School
#2 Sho Yamaguchi Pitcher Kumamoto Technical High School
#3 Makoto Brad Kemna Pitcher Nippon Bunri University
#4 Atsushi Nagai Outfielder Nishogakusha University High School
#5 Atsushi Endoh Pitcher Kasumigaura High School
#6 Takato Hiraoka Pitcher Chubu Gakuin University
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Tsubasa Okabayashi Pitcher Komono High School
#2 Reira Fujii Pitcher Omagari Technical High School
#3 Ken Sasaki Pitcher Ogasa High School

References

  1. ^ a b "プロ野球ドラフト会議、１０月２６日に開催 ５年連続で大正製薬が特別協賛". Sponichi. 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  2. ^ "選択手順" (in Japanese). NPB.jp. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  3. ^ "「プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンＤ」新人選手82名と育成選手32名の交渉権が確定" (in Japanese). NPB.jp. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  4. ^ a b "2017 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 23, 2022.
Preceded by
2016 		Nippon Professional Baseball draft Succeeded by
2018