Sadly, this year's draft really served to show the major flaw in the current system. Right now, every team names their first round pick at the same time, and then if more than one team names the same player, there's a lottery for that player, and then each team that didn't get the player has to name another first-round pick (and again, if they name the same player, there's another lottery). This year, three players were named by 11 teams -- Osaka Toin slugger Sho Nakata was named by the Fighters, Tigers, Buffaloes, and Hawks; Sendai Ikuei 155km/h hurler Yoshinori Satoh was named by the Eagles, Giants, Swallows, Dragons, and Baystars; and Narita pitcher Yuuki Karakawa was named by the Marines and Carp. (The Seibu Lions were not involved in the first round as a punishment for illegal scouting and payments earlier.)
I'm happy the Fighters got Sho Nakata -- I really am -- but, it does illustrate the problem with the system, where the Japan Series champion gets the #1 slugger in the draft class. Fortunately, the draft system is changing yet AGAIN next year -- back to the one draft system, with high school and industry/college guys all entering at once.
Anyway, I went ahead and translated sponichi's list of draftees as best as I could. Notably, there are no Saga Kita kids here; no Yusuke Nomura from Koryo. Honestly, I think the Baystars did a good job grabbing Atori Ohta in the second round, too.
Name Pos School B/T DOB Ht/Wt Hometown
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Giants
1 Daisuke Fujimura IF Kumamoto Kogyo L/R 07/25/1989 173/66 Kumamoto
3 Daisuke Nakai OF Uji Yamada R/R 11/27/1989 180/78 Mie
4 Yuuki Takeshima P Namegawa L/L 10/12/1989 182/76
Dragons
1 Kazuyuki Akasaka P Urawa Gakuin R/R 09/04/1989 184/83 Kanagawa
3 Ken Higuchi P Onomichi R/R 12/02/1989 180/72 England
Tigers
1 Takuya Takahama IF Yokohama L/R 07/06/1989 183/77 Saga
3 Issei Morita IF Kanzei L/R 08/04/1989 185/88
4 Daiki Kiyohara P Joso Gakuin R/R 06/11/1989 180/75
Baystars
1 Kenjiro Tanaka P Tokoha Kikugawa L/L 09/18/1990 180/79 Aichi
3 Atori Ohta P Teikyo R/R 08/12/1989 186/91 Okinawa
4 Shoma Satoh P Bunsei Gendai L/L 08/18/1990 174/71 Tochigi
5 Takuya Sakamoto OF Kashiwa L/L 05/07/1989 178/80 Ibaraki
Swallows
1 Yoshinori Satoh P Sendai Ikuei L/R 12/05/1989 179/75 Sendai
3 Hitoshi Yamamoto P Sakata Minami R/R 07/10/1989 179/78 Osaka
Carp
1 Tomohiro Abe IF Fukuoka Kogyo L/R 06/24/1989 180/80 Fukuoka
3 Yoshihiro Maru OF Chiba Keizai L/R 04/11/1989 177/77 Chiba
4 Ken Nakamura P Kyoto Subaru L/L 09/27/1989 186/82 Kyoto
Fighters
1 Sho Nakata OF Osaka Toin R/R 04/22/1989 182/95 Hiroshima
3 Taiki Tsuda P Kurashiki R/R 06/16/1989 181/75 Wakayama
4 Seiichi Ohhira OF Hasami L/R 04/08/1989 183/91 Nagasaki
5 Suguru Matsuyama P Yokohama Shodai R/R 09/08/1989 179/73
6 Akiyoshi Toyoshima P Hokuriku Otani L/L 01/16/1990 169/69
7 Toshinori Asanuma P Asahikawa Minami L/L 07/21/1989 181/72 Asahikawa
Hawks
1 Sho Iwasaki P Funabashi Shiritsu R/R 10/21/1989 186/76 Chiba
3 Akira Nakamura IF Teikyo L/L 11/05/1989 176/82 Saitama
4 Tsubasa Fujii IF Sakurai L/R 02/23/1990 189/83
Marines
1 Yuki Karakawa P Narita R/R 07/05/1989 180/78 Chiba
3 Masatomo Uematsu P Konko Osaka L/L 11/27/1989 183/80 Osaka
4 Kazunari Abe P Omuta R/R 05/19/1989 182/72 Fukuoka
Lions
4 Shota Takekuma P Asahikawa Kogyo L/L 11/24/1989 178/75
5 Naomichi Umeda IF Sabae L/R 06/28/1989 185/80 Fukui
6 Shota Nakata C Naruto Kogyo R/R 02/22/1990 182/76
7 Shogo Saitoh OF Kasuga Kyuei L/L 05/14/1989 180/87
Rakuten
1 Ryuhei Terada P Sapporo Minami S/R 06/20/1989 185/76 Hokkaido
3 Takashi Ishida IF Tokai Gyosei L/R 06/13/1989 180/80 Fukuoka
4 Yasunori Kikuchi P Tokiwadai L/R 09/18/1989 180/80
Buffaloes
1 Masaya Niwa OF Gifu Johoku R/R 04/18/1989 178/84 Aichi
3 Hikaru Itoh C Meitoku Gijiku R/R 04/23/1989 180/73 Aichi
4 Masataka Yamazaki P Funabashi Shiritsu R/R 05/09/1989 183/75 Fukuoka
I think I'll comment more on this once I actually go get some sleep.
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