2017 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2020 NPB draft was held October 26, 2017. Seven of the twelve teams picked Kotaro Kiyomiya with their first pick. That matched Kosuke Fukudome's record for most teams taking the same high schooler with their #1 choice.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Kotaro Kiyomiya	IF	Waseda Jitsugyo High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Kiyomiya to Nippon Ham
Yokohama BayStars	Katsuki Azuma	P	Ritsumeikan University (Col.)
Orix Buffaloes	Daiki Tajima	P	JR Higashinihon (Ind)	Won lottery rights to Tajima over Seibu
Chunichi Dragons	Shosei Nakamura	C	Koryo High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Nakamura over Hiroshima
Seibu Lions	Daiki Tajima	P	JR Higashinihon (Ind)	Lost lottery rights to Tajima to Orix
Hiroshima Carp	Shosei Nakamura	C	Koryo High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Nakamura to Chunichi
Chiba Lotte Marines	Kotaro Kiyomiya	IF	Waseda Jitsugyo High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Kiyomiya to Nippon Ham
Hanshin Tigers	Kotaro Kiyomiya	IF	Waseda Jitsugyo High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Kiyomiya to Nippon Ham
Nippon Ham Fighters	Kotaro Kiyomiya	IF	Waseda Jitsugyo High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Kiyomiya over Rakuten, Chiba Lotte, Hanshin, Yomiuri, Softbank, Yakult
Yomiuri Giants	Kotaro Kiyomiya	IF	Waseda Jitsugyo High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Kiyomiya to Nippon Ham
Softbank Hawks	Kotaro Kiyomiya	IF	Waseda Jitsugyo High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Kiyomiya to Nippon Ham
Yakult Swallows	Kotaro Kiyomiya	IF	Waseda Jitsugyo High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights to Kiyomiya to Nippon Ham

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Seibu Lions	Hiromasa Saitoh	P	Meiji University (Col.)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Hisanori Yasuda	IF	Riseisha High School (Col.)	Won lottery for Yasuda over Hanshin, Softbank
Yakult Swallows	Munetaka Murakami	C	Kyushu Gakuin High School (HS)	Won lottery for Murakami over Yomiuri, Rakuten
Yomiuri Giants	Munetaka Murakami	C	Kyushu Gakuin High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Murakami to Yakult
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Munetaka Murakami	C	Kyushu Gakuin High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Murakami to Yakult
Hanshin Tigers	Hisanori Yasuda	IF	Riseisha High School (Col.)	Lost lottery for Yasuda to Chiba Lotte
Chiba Lotte Marines	Hisanori Yasuda	IF	Riseisha High School (Col.)	Lost lottery for Yasuda to Chiba Lotte
Chunichi Dragons	Hiroshi Suzuki	P	Yamaha (Ind)

First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yomiuri Giants	Takuya Kuwahara	P	Chuo University (Col.)
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Hiroki Kondoh	P	Okayama Shogyo University (Col.)
Hanshin Tigers	Kosuke Baba	P	Sendai University (Col.)	Won lottery for Baba over Softbank
Softbank Hawks	Kosuke Baba	P	Sendai University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Baba to Hanshin

First Round - redraft part 3

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Softbank Hawks	Haruto Yoshizumi	P	Tsuruoka East High School (HS)

Assorted other selections

• Yudai Fujioka (Chiba Lotte, 2nd rd), Rei Takahashi (Softbank, 2nd rd), Takumi Oshiro (Yomiuri, 3rd rd), Kaima Taira (Seibu, 4th rd), Tsuyoshi Sugano (Chiba Lotte, 4th rd), Masaki Tanigawa (Hanshin, 5th rd), Keita Watanabe (Chiba Lotte, 5th rd), Yasutaka Shiomi (Yakult, 5th rd), Shunta Tanaka (Yomiuri, 5th rd), Akihiro Wakabayashi (Yomiuri, 6th rd), Ukyo Shuto (Softbank, 2nd rd taxi squad), Kotaro Otake (Softbank, 4th rd taxi squad)

Source: Mainerds