2020 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2020 NPB draft was held October 22, 2020.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Takahisa Hayakawa	P	Waseda University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Hayakawa over Seibu, Chiba Lotte and Yakult
Yokohama BayStars	Taisei Irie	P	Meiji University (Col.)
Orix Buffaloes	Teruaki Sato	IF/OF	Kindai University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights to Sato to Hanshin
Chunichi Dragons	Hiroto Takahashi	P	Chukyo University Senior High School (HS)
Seibu Lions	Takahisa Hayakawa	P	Waseda University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Hayakawa to Rakuten
Hiroshima Carp	Ryoji Kuribayashi	P	Toyota Motor Baseball Club (Ind.)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Takahisa Hayakawa	P	Waseda University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Hayakawa to Rakuten
Hanshin Tigers	Teruaki Sato	IF/OF	Kindai University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Sato over Yomiuri, Orix and Softbank
Nippon Ham Fighters	Hiromi Ito	P	Tomakomai Komazawa University (Col.)
Yomiuri Giants	Teruaki Sato	IF/OF	Kindai University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights to Sato to Hanshin
Softbank Hawks	Teruaki Sato	IF/OF	Kindai University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights to Sato to Hanshin
Yakult Swallows	Takahisa Hayakawa	P	Waseda University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Hayakawa to Rakuten

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Orix Buffaloes	Shunpeita Yamashita	P	Fukuoka University Ohori High School (HS)
Seibu Lions	Kento Watanabe	IF	Toin Yokohama University (Col.)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Shota Suzuki	P	Hosei University (Col.)	Won lottery for Suzuki over Yakult
Yakult Swallows	Shota Suzuki	P	Hosei University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Suzuki to Chiba Lotte
Softbank Hawks	Tomoya Inoue	IF	Hanasaki Tokuharu High School (HS)
Yomiuri Giants	Ryuta Heinai	P	Asia University (Col.)

First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yakult Swallows	Naofumi Kizawa	P	Keio University (Col.)

Other notable picks: Shugo Maki (Yokohama, 2nd rnd), Yuki Udagawa (Orix, 3rd rnd), Shoki Murakami (Hanshin, 5th rnd), Takumu Nakano (Hanshin, 6th rnd), Yoshinobu Mizukami (Seibu, 5th rnd, development phase)

Source: Prospectslive