2020 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft | |
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Teruaki Sato and Takahisa Hayakawa, who was nominated and a bid lottery for by four teams. | |
General information | |
Sport | Baseball |
Date(s) | October 26, 2020 |
Location | Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo |
Network(s) | TBS (first round), sky-A |
Sponsored by | Taisho Pharmaceutical |
Overview | |
123 total selections in 14 (Includes draft for developmental players) rounds | |
League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
First round selections | Teruaki Sato Takahisa Hayakawa |
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The 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 26, 2020, for the 56th 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 with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D ". It has been sponsored by Taisho Pharmaceutical for the 8th consecutive year since 2013.
Summary
Only the first round picks will be done by bid lottery. From 2019, the Professional Baseball Executive Committee has decided that the Central League and the Pacific League will be given the second round of waiver priority alternately every other year, and in 2020 Pacific League received the waiver priority. And since it was held in the middle of the regular season, the second round of Waiver priority was decided according to the ranking as of October 25, the day before. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.
First Round Contested Picks
Player Name | Position | Teams Selected by | |
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First Round | Teruaki Sato | Infielder | Buffaloes, Tigers, Hawks, Giants |
First Round | Takahisa Hayakawa | Pitcher | Swallows, Eagles, Lions, Marines |
Second Round | Shota Suzuki | Pitcher | Lions, Marines |
- Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery.
- In the first round, Hiromi Itoh (Pitcher) was selected by the Fighters, Ryoji Kuribayashi (Pitcher) by the Carp, Taisei Irie (Pitcher) by the BayStars, and Hiroto Takahashi (Pitcher) by the Dragons without a bid lottery.
- In the second round, Shunpeita Yamashita (Pitcher) was selected by the Buffaloes, Kento Watanabe (Infielder) by the Lions, Tomoya Inoue (Infielder) by the Hawks, and Ryuta Heinai (Pitcher) by the Giants without a bid lottery.
- In the thrird round, the last remaining the Swallows, selected Naofumi Kizawa (Pitcher)
- List of selected players.
Selected Players
* | Player did not sign |
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- The order of the teams is the order of second round waiver priority.
- Bolded After that, a developmental player who contracted as a registered player under control.
- List of selected players.
Orix Buffaloes
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Shunpeita Yamashita | Pitcher | Fukuoka University Ohori High School | |
#2 | Kendai Gen | Outfielder | Chukyo University Chukyo High School | |
#3 | Ryoto Kita | Outfielder | Akashi Commercial High School | |
#4 | Hayate Nakagawa | Pitcher | Rikkyo University | |
#5 | Takuma Nakagawa | Catcher | Toyohashi Chuo High School | |
#6 | Shota Abe | Pitcher | Nippon Life | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Kento Kawase | Pitcher | Oita Commercial High School | |
#2 | Takara Tsujigaki | Pitcher | Matsurin Gakuen Fukushima High School | |
#3 | Yuki Udagawa | Pitcher | Sendai University | |
#4 | Jui Tsuri | Catcher | Kyoto International High School | |
#5 | Yukikazu Sano | Outfielder | Sendai University | |
#6 | Taku Kocho | Infielder | Fukushima RedHopes |
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Naofumi Kizawa | Pitcher | Keio University | |
#2 | Taichi Yamano | Pitcher | Tohoku Fukushi University | |
#3 | Sōma Uchiyama | Catcher | Seiryo High School | |
#4 | Hiyu Motoyama | Infielder | Tohoku Fukushi University | |
#5 | Hidetaka Namiki | Outfielder | Dokkyo University | |
#6 | Kota Katekaru | Pitcher | Japan Aviation Ishikawa High School | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Shinnosuke Shimo | Pitcher | Takasaki University of Health and Welfare Takasaki High School | |
#2 | Yoshihiro Akahane | Infielder | Shinano Grandserows | |
#3 | Sho Matsui | Catcher | Shinano Grandserows | |
#4 | Shota Maruyama | Pitcher | Nishinippon Institute of Technology |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Hiromi Itoh | Pitcher | Tomakomai Komazawa University | |
#2 | Ryota Isobata | Outfielder | Chuo University | |
#3 | Yudai Furukawa | Catcher | Jobu University | |
#4 | Ryohei Hosokawa | Infielder | Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School | |
#5 | Haruka Nemoto | Pitcher | Tomakomai Central High School | |
#6 | Yuma Imagawa | Outfielder | JFE Steel Eastern Japan | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Ryodai Matsumoto | Pitcher | Hanamaki Higashi High School | |
#2 | Shinji Saitoh | Pitcher | Tokyo University of Information Sciences |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Ryoji Kuribayashi | Pitcher | Toyota | |
#2 | Daisuke Moriura | Pitcher | Tenri University | |
#3 | Haruki Ohmichi | Pitcher | Hachinohe Gakuin University | |
#4 | Tatsuto Kobayashi | Pitcher | Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School | |
#5 | Shun Namiki | Pitcher | Tokushima Indigo Socks | |
#6 | Masaya Yano | Infielder | Asia University | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Shoichi Futamata | Catcher | Iwata Higashi High School |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Takahisa Hayakawa | Pitcher | Waseda University | |
#2 | Koichi Takada | Pitcher | Hosei University | |
#3 | Masaru Fujii | Pitcher | Eneos | |
#4 | Takuma Uchima | Pitcher | Asia University | |
#5 | Daiki Irie | Infielder | Sendai Ikuei High School | |
#6 | Seiryu Uchi | Pitcher | Riseisha High School | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Shun Ishida | Pitcher | Tochigi Golden Braves |
Yokohama DeNA Baystars
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Taisei Irie | Pitcher | Meiji University | |
#2 | Shugo Maki | Infielder | Chuo University | |
#3 | Ryunosuke Matsumoto | Pitcher | Yokohama High School | |
#4 | Daichi Kobukata | Infielder | Riseisha High School | |
#5 | Sota Ikeya | Pitcher | Yamaha Corporation | |
#6 | Takuto Takada | Pitcher | Shizuoka Commercial High School | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Tatsuya Ishikawa | Pitcher | Hosei University | |
#2 | Dai Kato | Pitcher | Yokohama Hayato High School |
Saitama Seibu Lions
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Kento Watanabe | Infielder | Toin University of Yokohama | |
#2 | Takeru Sasaki | Pitcher | NTT East | |
#3 | Takayoshi Yamamura | Infielder | Tokai University Sagami High School | |
#4 | Gakuto Wakabayashi | Outfielder | Komazawa University | |
#5 | Ren Omagari | Pitcher | Fukuoka University | |
#6 | Brandon Taiga Tysinger | Infielder | Tokyo University of Agriculture Hokkaido Okhotsk | |
#7 | Yuta Nakamigawa | Outfielder | Osaka Toin High School | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Yuto Akagami | Pitcher | Tohoku University of Community Service and Science | |
#2 | Shinya Hasegawa | Outfielder | Tsuruga Kehi High School | |
#3 | Ken Joseph Miyamoto | Outfielder | Nagoya Gakuin University | |
#4 | Taishi Mameda | Pitcher | Urawa Business Academy High School | |
#5 | Yoshinobu Mizukami | Pitcher | Shikoku Gakuin University |
Hanshin Tigers
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Teruaki Sato | Infielder | Kindai University | |
#2 | Masashi Itoh | Pitcher | JR East | |
#3 | Ren Satoh | Pitcher | Jobu University | |
#4 | Yuki Sakaeda | Catcher | Ritsumeikan University | |
#5 | Shoki Murakami | Pitcher | Toyo University | |
#6 | Takumu Nakano | Infielder | Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki | |
#7 | Nozomu Takatera | Infielder | Ueda Nishi High School | |
#8 | Daichi Ishii | Pitcher | Kochi Fighting Dogs | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Masaki Iwata | Pitcher | Kyushu Sangyo University |
Chiba Lotte Marines
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Shota Suzuki | Pitcher | Hosei University | |
#2 | Shunsuke Nakamori | Pitcher | Akashi Commercial High School | |
#3 | Ryusei Ogawa | Infielder | Kokugakuin University | |
#4 | Tokito Kawamura | Pitcher | Seisa Dohto University | |
#5 | Ryosuke Nishikawa | Outfielder | Tokai University Sagami High School | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Yuito Tanigawa | Catcher | Rissho University Shonan High School | |
#2 | Kenta Onuma | Pitcher | Ibaraki Astro Planets | |
#3 | Daito Yamamoto | Outfielder | Kaisei High School | |
#4 | Shoma Sato | Pitcher | Senshu University |
Chunichi Dragons
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Hiroto Takahashi | Pitcher | Chukyo University Chukyo High School | |
#2 | Hiroto Mori | Pitcher | Nippon Sport Science University | |
#3 | Ryuku Tsuchida | Infielder | Ohmi High School | |
#4 | Shota Fukushima | Pitcher | Kurashiki Technical High School | |
#5 | Tsubasa Kato | Pitcher | Teikyo University Kani High School | |
#6 | Hironori Miyoshi | Outfielder | JFE Steel Western Japan | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Ren Kondo | Pitcher | Sapporo Gakuin University | |
#2 | Kotaro Ueda | Pitcher | Kyoei High School | |
#3 | Yuki Matsukihira | Pitcher | Seika High School |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Tomoya Inoue | Infielder | Hanasaki Tokuharu High School | |
#2 | Yoshiyasu Sasagawa | Outfielder | Yokohama Commercial High School | |
#3 | Kota Makihara | Catcher | Nihon University Fujisawa High School | |
#4 | Jumpei Kawarada | Infielder | Aomori Yamada High School | |
#5 | Sota Tanoue | Pitcher | Riseisha High School | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Hiroki Satoh | Pitcher | Keio University | |
#2 | Yuya Nakamichi | Pitcher | Hachinohe Gakuin University | |
#3 | Shuji Kuwahara | Pitcher | Kamimura Gakuen High School | |
#4 | Shinnosuke Haya | Outfielder | Kyoto International High School | |
#5 | Riku Ogata | Infielder | Komazawa University | |
#6 | Shoma Itani | Catcher | Meiho High School | |
#7 | Shinno Ohshiro | Pitcher | Ginoza High School | |
#8 | Ryota Nakamura | Pitcher | Tokyo University of Agriculture Hokkaido Okhotsk |
Yomiuri Giants
Pick | Player Name | Position | Team | |
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#1 | Ryuta Heinai | Pitcher | Asia University | |
#2 | Iori Yamasaki | Pitcher | Tokai University | |
#3 | Raito Nakayama | Intfielder | Chukyo High School attached to Chukyo University | |
#4 | Yusuke Itoh | Pitcher | Mitsubishi Power | |
#5 | Yuto Akihiro | Catcher | Nishogakusha University High School | |
#6 | Itsuki Yamamoto | Intfielder | Chukyo University | |
#7 | Tetsu Hagiwara | Catcher | Soka University | |
Developmental Player Draft | ||||
#1 | Hiroto Okamoto | Intfielder | Yonago Higashi High School | |
#2 | Ryusuke Kita | Catcher | Kyoto University of Advanced Science | |
#3 | Naoki Kasashima | Pitcher | Tsuruga Kehi High School | |
#4 | Motoya Kinoshita | Pitcher | Yokohama High School | |
#5 | Kenki Maeda | Catcher | Komazawa University | |
#6 | Hayato Sakamoto | Catcher | Karatsu Commercial High School | |
#7 | Natsuki Toda | Pitcher | Tokushima Indigo Socks | |
#8 | Kenyu Abe | Pitcher | Sapporo Otani High School | |
#9 | Riku Naraki | Pitcher | University of Tsukuba | |
#10 | Yusuke Yamasaki | Pitcher | Fukuyama University | |
#11 | Koichi Hoshina | Outfielder | Soka University | |
#12 | Ren Katoh | Infielder | Faculty of Oceanography, Tokai University |
References
- ^ "Nippon Professional Baseball news 2020年新人選手選択会議 特別協賛社決定のお知らせ". NPB.jp (in Japanese). June 25, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- "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 18, 2021.
- "Nikkan Sports baseball news 10・26ドラフト 指名順は前日までの順位を採用". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). September 18, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- "Nippon Professional Baseball 2020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.
- ^ "2020 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 23, 2022.
External links
- プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD - NPB.jp Nippon Professional Baseball
Preceded by 2019 |
Nippon Professional Baseball draft | Succeeded by 2021 |
Nippon Professional Baseball draft by year | |
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