2023 NPB Amateur Draft
The 2023 NPB draft was held October 26, 2023.
First Round - initial picks[edit]
Team | Player | Position | School (Type) | Notes |
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Rakuten Golden Eagles | Hayato Tsunehiro | P | Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.) | Lost lottery for Tsunehiro to Hiroshima |
Yokohama BayStars | Ryuki Watarai | OF | ENEOS (Ind) | Won lottery rights to Watarai over Chunichi and Chiba Lotte |
Orix Buffaloes | Seiya Yokoyama | IF | Ueda Nishi High School (HS) | |
Chunichi Dragons | Ryuki Watarai | OF | ENEOS (Ind) | Lost lottery for Watarai to Yokohama |
Seibu Lions | Natsuki Takeuchi | P | Kokugakuin University (Col.) | Won lottery rights to Takeuchi over Softbank and Yakult |
Hiroshima Carp | Hayato Tsunehiro | P | Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.) | Won lottery rights to Tsunehiro over Rakuten |
Chiba Lotte Marines | Ryuki Watarai | OF | ENEOS (Ind) | Lost lottery for Watarai to Yokohama |
Hanshin Tigers | Kaito Shimomura | P | Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.) | |
Nippon Ham Fighters | Yuhi Nishidate | P | Chuo University (Col.) | Lost lottery for Nishidate to Yomiuri |
Yomiuri Giants | Yuhi Nishidate | P | Chuo University (Col.) | Won lottery rights to Nishidate over Nippon Ham |
Softbank Hawks | Natsuki Takeuchi | P | Kokugakuin University (Col.) | Lost lottery for Takeuchi to Seibu |
Yakult Swallows | Natsuki Takeuchi | P | Kokugakuin University (Col.) | Lost lottery for Takeuchi to Seibu |
First Round - redraft[edit]
Team | Player | Position | School (Type) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chiba Lotte Marines | Sho Kusaka | P | Asia University (Col.) | Lost lottery for Kusaka to Chunichi |
Chunichi Dragons | Sho Kusaka | P | Asia University (Col.) | Won lottery rights to Kusaka over Chiba Lotte |
Rakuten Golden Eagles | Yugo Maeda | P | Osaka Toin High School (HS) | Lost lottery for Maeda to Softbank |
Softbank Hawks | Yugo Maeda | P | Osaka Toin High School (HS) | Won lottery rights to Maeda over Nippon Ham and Rakuten |
Yakult Swallows | Kota Nishidade | P | Senshu University (Col.) | |
Nippon Ham Fighters | Yugo Maeda | P | Osaka Toin High School (HS) | Lost lottery for Maeda to Softbank |
First Round - redraft part 2[edit]
Team | Player | Position | School (Type) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chiba Lotte Marines | Haruki Hosono | P | Toyo University (Col.) | Lost lottery for Hosono to Nippon Ham |
Rakuten Golden Eagles | Tatsuki Koja | P | Toin University of Yokohama (Col.) | |
Nippon Ham Fighters | Haruki Hosono | P | Toyo University (Col.) | Won lottery for Hosono over Chiba Lotte |
First Round - redraft part 3[edit]
Team | Player | Position | School (Type) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chiba Lotte Marines | Kyuto Ueda | IF | Meiji University (Col.) |
Source: NPB.com
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