2019 Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2019 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft
Roki Sasaki, who was nominated and a bid lottery for by four teams.
General information
SportBaseball
Date(s)October 17, 2019
LocationGrand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo
Network(s)TBS (first round), sky-A
Sponsored byTaisho Pharmaceutical
Overview
107 total selections in 16 (Includes draft for developmental players) rounds
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
First round selectionsRoki Sasaki
Yasunobu Okugawa
Takaya Ishikawa
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2020 →

The 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 17, 2019, for the 55th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB.[1] 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 ".[1] It has been sponsored by Taisho Pharmaceutical for the seventh consecutive year since 2013.[1]

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.[2] From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.[3]

First Round Contested Picks

Player Name Position Teams Selected by
First Round Roki Sasaki Pitcher Fighters, Marines, Eagles, Lions
First Round Yasunobu Okugawa Pitcher Swallows, Tigers, Giants
First Round Takaya Ishikawa Infielder Buffaloes, Dragons, Hawks
Second Round Ryusei Kawano Pitcher Buffaloes, Fighters
Second Round Tetsu Miyagawa Pitcher Giants, 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.[4]

Selected Players

Key
* Player did not sign

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Yasunobu Okugawa Pitcher Seiryo High School
#2 Daiki Yoshida Pitcher Nippon Sport Science University
#3 Koki Sugiyama Pitcher Sōka University
#4 Hiroki Ohnishi Pitcher Osaka University of Commerce
#5 Hideki Nagaoka Infielder Yachiyo Shoin High School
#6 Ryusei Takeoka Pitcher Kosei High School

Orix Buffaloes

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Hiroya Miyagi Pitcher Konan High School
#2 Kotaro Kurebayashi Infielders Suruga General High School
#3 Ryota Muranishi Pitcher Kindai University
#4 Yuito Mae Pitcher Tsuda Gakuen High School
#5 Shoki Katsumata Infielder International Budo University
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Kazuma Satoh Pitcher Yokohama Hayato High School
#2 Futa Tanioka Pitcher Takeda High School
#3 Yuito Nakata Pitcher Osaka Tōin High School
#4 Yamato Hirano Outfielder Nissho Gakuen High School
#5 Ryoya Tsurumi Catcher Tokiwa University High School
#6 Seiichiro Ohshita Outfielder Hakuoh University
#7 Yugo Satoh Outfielder Sendai University
#8 Masayuki Matsuyama Pitcher Toyama GRN Thunderbirds

Chunichi Dragons

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Takaya Ishikawa Infielder Toho High School
#2 Yuki Hashimoto Pitcher Osaka University of Commerce
#3 Yuichiro Okano Pitcher Toshiba
#4 Yuya Gunji Catcher Keio University
#5 Yuki Okabayashi Pitcher Komono High School
#6 Ryushin Takeuchi Pitcher Sapporo Sosei High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Hiroaki Matsuda Pitcher Nagoya University

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Ryusei Kawano Pitcher JFE Steel Western Japan
#2 Kazuaki Tateno Pitcher Tokai Rika
#3 Kyohei Ueno Infielder Kyoto International High School
#4 Kenya Suzuki Pitcher JX Eneos
#5 Daiki Mochizuki Pitcher Sōka University
#6 Yuki Umebayashi Catcher Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University
#7 Shoto Kataoka Outfielder Higashi Nippon International University
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Hakuto Miyata Outfielder Fukuoka University
#2 Ryunosuke Higuchi Infielder Niigata Albirex BC
#3 Ryota Hasegawa Pitcher Niigata Albirex BC

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Masato Morishita Pitcher Meiji University
#2 Koki Ugusa Outfielder Hosei University
#3 Hiroto Suzuki Pitcher Kasumigaura High School
#4 Yuya Nirasawa Infielder Hanasaki Tokuharu High School
#5 Tomoki Ishihara Catcher Tenri University
#6 Shogo Tamamura Pitcher Nyu High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Taiki Mochimaru Catcher Asahikawa University High School
#2 Motohide Kinoshita Outfielder Tsuruga Kehi High School
#3 Takamasa Une Pitcher Kagawa Olive Guyners

Chiba Lotte Marines

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Roki Sasaki Pitcher Ofunato High School
#2 Toshiya Satoh Catcher Toyo University
#3 Akito Takabe Outfielder Kokushikan University
#4 Rikuto Yokoyama Pitcher Senshu University Matsudo High School
#5 Koki Fukuda Infielder Hosei University
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Fumiya Motomae Pitcher Hokusho University
#2 Shota Ueda Catcher Keio University

Hanshin Tigers

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Junya Nishi Pitcher Soshi Gakuen High School
#2 Kouta Inoue Outfielder Riseisha High School
#3 Masaki Oyokawa Pitcher Yokohama High School
#4 Jo Endo Infielder Tokai University Sagami High School
#5 Kento Fujita Catcher Chukyo University Chukyo High School
#6 Ippei Ogawa Pitcher Tokai University
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Dan Onodera Outfielder Osaka University of Commerce
#2 Kouta Okuyama Outfielder Shizuoka University

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Hiroto Kobukata Infielder Osaka Gas
#2 Fumiya Kurokawa Infielder Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School
#3 Taisei Tsurusaki Pitcher Keio University
#4 Atsuki Mutoh Outfielder Miyakonojo Higashi High School
#5 Yoma Fukumori Pitcher Kyushu Sangyo University
#6 Ryota Takinaka Pitcher Honda Suzuka
#7 Kei Mizugami Catcher Akashi Commercial High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Yuto Egawa Catcher Oita High School
#2 Shinri Komine Pitcher Kagoshima Josei High School
#3 Maaki Yamazaki Infielder University of Hawaiʻi
#4 Kiyoharu Sawano Infielder Homare High School

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Keito Mori Infielder Toin Gakuen High School
#2 Yuya Sakamoto Pitcher Ritsumeikan University
#3 Hiromu Ise Pitcher Meiji University
#4 Junpei Azuma Catcher Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School
#5 Hayato Tanabe Infielder Kaisei High School
#6 Tatsuo Ebina Infielder Aomori University
#7 Sota Asada Pitcher Ariake High School

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Naoki Satoh Outfielder JR West
#2 Takashi Umino Catcher Tokai University
#3 Yuki Tsumori Pitcher Tohoku Fukushi University
#4 Jui Kobayashi Infielder Tokai University Sapporo High School
#5 Tatsuru Yanagimachi Outfielder Keio University
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Soichiro Ishizuka Catcher Kurosawajiri Technical High School
#2 Tomohisa Ohzeki Pitcher Sendai University
#3 Daisuke Itoh Infielder Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei High School
#4 Haruki Katsuren Infielder Konan High School
#5 Hidetora Funakoshi Outfielder Johoku High School
#6 Shota Araki Infielder Chiharadai High School
#7 Shun Murakami Pitcher Yamagata Chuo High School

Yomiuri Giants

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Kenshin Hotta Pitcher Aomori Yamada High School
#2 Ryu Ohta Pitcher JR East
#3 Hirokazu Kikuta Outfielder Joso Gakuin High School
#4 Haruto Inoue Pitcher Maebashi Commercial High School
#5 Shinnosuke Yamase Catcher Seiryo High School
#6 Kaito Itoh Outfielder Sakata Minami High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Hayato Hirama Infielder Tokushima Indigo Socks
#2 Sota Katoh Outfielder Saitama Musashi Heat Bears

Saitama Seibu Lions

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Tetsu Miyagawa Pitcher Toshiba
#2 Shota Hamaya Pitcher Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
#3 Kouki Matsuoka Pitcher Saitama Musashi Heat Bears
#4 Ryota Kawano Infielder Kyushu Gakuin High School
#5 Sena Tsuge Catcher Honda Suzuka
#6 Hiroki Inoue Pitcher Nihon University Daisan High School
#7 Towa Uema Pitcher Tokushima Indigo Socks
#8 Junichiro Kishi Outfielder Tokushima Indigo Socks
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Toshihiro Idei Pitcher Kanagawa University

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nippon Professional Baseball news 2019年新人選手選択会議 開催日および特別協賛社決定のお知らせ". NPB.jp (in Japanese). May 30, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Daily Sports baseball news ドラフトウエーバー指名順 1年おきにセ・パ入れ替え 現役ドラフトは継続審議". Daily Sports (in Japanese). September 3, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  3. ^ "Nippon Professional Baseball 2019年 プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD 選択手順". NPB.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2019 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 23, 2022.
Preceded by
2018 		Nippon Professional Baseball draft Succeeded by
2020