2019 Nippon Professional Baseball draft

The 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on 17 October 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	Yasunobu Okugawa	Pitcher	Yakult, Hanshin, Giants
First Round	Takaya Ishikawa	Infielder	Chunichi, Orix, SoftBank
First Round	Roki Sasaki	Pitcher	Lotte, Nippon Ham, Rakuten, Seibu
Second Round		Pitcher	Nippon Ham, Orix
Second Round	Tetsu Miyagawa	Pitcher	Seibu, Giants

Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery.

Selected Players[]

Key
*	Player did not sign

The order of the teams is the order of second round waiver priority.
Bolded After that, a developmental squad player (ja:育成選手制度 (日本プロ野球)) who contracted as registered player under management (ja:支配下選手登録).

Tokyo Yakult Swallows[]

Pick	Player Name	Position	Team
#1	Yasunobu Okugawa	Pitcher	Seiryo High School
#2	Daiki Yoshida	Pitcher	Nippon Sport Science University
#3		Pitcher	Sōka University
#4		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		Pitcher	Kindai University
#4		Pitcher	Tsuda Gakuen High School
#5		Infielder	International Budo University
Development Player Draft
#1		Pitcher	Yokohama Hayato High School
#2		Pitcher	Takeda High School
#3		Pitcher	Osaka Tōin High School
#4		Outfielder	Nissho Gakuen High School
#5		Catcher	Tokiwa University High School
#6		Outfielder	Hakuoh University
#7		Outfielder	Sendai University
#8		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
Development Player Draft
#1	Hiroaki Matsuda	Pitcher	Nagoya University

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters[]

Pick	Position	Team
#1	Pitcher	JFE Steel Western Japan
#2	Pitcher	Tokai Rika
#3	Infielder	Kyoto International High School
#4	Pitcher	JX Eneos
#5	Pitcher	Sōka University
#6	Catcher	Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University
#7	Outfielder	Higashi Nippon International University
Development Player Draft
#1	Outfielder	Fukuoka University
#2	Infielder	Niigata Albirex BC
#3	Pitcher	Niigata Albirex BC

Hiroshima Carp[]

Pick	Player Name	Position	Team
#1	Masato Morishita	Pitcher	Meiji University
#2		Outfielder	Hosei University
#3		Pitcher	Kasumigaura High School
#4		Infielder	Hanasaki Tokuharu High School
#5		Catcher	Tenri University
#6		Pitcher	Nyu High School
Development Player Draft
#1		Catcher	Asahikawa University High School
#2		Outfielder	Tsuruga Kehi High School
#3		Pitcher	Kagawa Olive Guyners

Chiba Lotte Marines[]

Pick	Player Name	Position	Team
#1	Roki Sasaki	Pitcher	Ofunato High School
#2		Catcher	Toyo University
#3		Outfielder	Kokushikan University
#4		Pitcher	Senshu University Matsudo High School
#5		Infielder	Hosei University
Development Player Draft
#1		Pitcher	Hokusho University
#2		Catcher	Keio University

Hanshin Tigers[]

Pick	Player Name	Position	Team
#1	Junya Nishi	Pitcher	Soshi Gakuen High School
#2		Outfielder	Riseisha High School
#3	Masaki Oyokawa	Pitcher	Yokohama High School
#4		Infielder	Tokai University Sagami High School
#5		Catcher	Chukyo University Chukyo High School
#6		Pitcher	Tokai University
Development Player Draft
#1		Outfielder	Osaka University of Commerce
#2		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		Outfielder	Miyakonojo Higashi High School
#5		Pitcher	Kyushu Sangyo University
#6		Pitcher	Honda Suzuka
#7		Catcher	Akashi Commercial High School
Development Player Draft
#1		Catcher	Oita High School
#2		Pitcher	Kagoshima Josei High School
#3		Infielder	University of Hawaiʻi
#4		Infielder	Homare High School

Yokohama DeNA Baystars[]

Pick	Player Name	Position	Team
#1	Keito Mori	Infielder	Toin Gakuen High School
#2		Pitcher	Ritsumeikan University
#3		Pitcher	Meiji University
#4		Catcher	Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School
#5		Infielder	Kaisei High School
#6		Infielder	Aomori University
#7		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		Infielder	Tokai University Sapporo High School
#5	Tatsuru Yanagimachi	Outfielder	Keio University
Development Player Draft
#1		Catcher	Kurosawajiri Technical High School
#2	Tomohisa Ohzeki	Pitcher	Sendai University
#3		Infielder	Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei High School
#4		Infielder	Konan High School
#5		Outfielder	Johoku High School
#6		Infielder	Chiharadai High School
#7		Pitcher	Yamagata Chuo High School

Yomiuri Giants[]

Pick	Position	Team
#1	Pitcher	Aomori Yamada High School
#2	Pitcher	JR East
#3	Outfielder	Joso Gakuin High School
#4	Pitcher	Maebashi Commercial High School
#5	Catcher	Seiryo High School
#6	Outfielder	Sakata Minami High School
Development Player Draft
#1	Infielder	Tokushima Indigo Socks
#2	Outfielder	Saitama Musashi Heat Bears

Saitama Seibu Lions[]

Pick	Player Name	Position	Team
#1	Tetsu Miyagawa	Pitcher	Toshiba
#2		Pitcher	Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
#3		Pitcher	Saitama Musashi Heat Bears
#4		Infielder	Kyushu Gakuin High School
#5		Catcher	Honda Suzuka
#6		Pitcher	Nihon University Daisan High School
#7		Pitcher	Tokushima Indigo Socks
#8		Outfielder	Tokushima Indigo Socks
Development Player Draft
#1		Pitcher	Kanagawa University

References[]

^ ^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 ja-JP). May 30, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ "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 ja-JP). September 3, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ "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 ja-JP). Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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 2018	Nippon Professional Baseball draft	Succeeded by 2020

[NPB190530-1] "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 ja-JP). May 30, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[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 ja-JP). September 3, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[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 ja-JP). Retrieved April 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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