Wednesday, October 19, 2022

NPB Draft 2022 post

Hey all, it's that time of year again.  Yes, I am of course translating the draft.  I expect to stay up for the first round or two and then crash, but who knows.  I don't personally know anyone going into the draft this year as far as I know, thanks to the pandemic, but at this point I can't imagine NOT making my yearly blog post and making sure I see every single person in the draft for at least long enough to translate their name and school and whatnot :)

Here's a table.  I'll fill it in as I go along tonight/tomorrow.

The first round was simple enough (only 2 runoffs) that I'm not going to bother including it since you can tell from the table.  The most interesting thing to happen during the draft IMO was the Fighters indeed attempting to draft Gosuke Katoh (an American-born Japanese, he has to be drafted to play in Japan, and was last seen in the Mets minor-league system).

Status: Done.  I had done everything except tediously extract the Hawks ikusei height/weight numbers and someone did it for me on Reddit

Name                   Pos  HS/Univ/Company         T/B   DOB          Ht/Wt  
--------------------   ---  ---------------         ---   ----------   -------
Fighters
1 Kota Yazawa           P   Nittai Univ             L/L   08/02/2000   173/70
2 Shoma Kanemura        P   Fuji Univ               R/R   08/29/2000   175/73
3 Gosuke Katoh          OF  New York Mets           R/L   10/08/1994   185/89
4 Kanato Anzai          P   Tokoha Kikugawa HS      R/R   11/13/2004   186/84
5 Taiki Narama          IF  Rissho Univ             R/R   05/08/2000   172/72
6 Haruki Miyauchi       P   Nihon Seishi Ishinomaki R/R   05/25/1996   176/75

i1 Taisei Fuijta        OF  Hanasaki Tokuharu HS    R/L   08/23/2004   187/84
i2 Terukazu Nakayama    P   Tokushima Indigo Socks  R/R   02/08/1999   188/90
i3 Ataru "AJ" Yamaguchi OF  Univ of Texas Tyler     R/R   05/28/1999   179/89
i4 Kodai Yamamoto       P   Shinano Grandserows     L/L   04/23/1999   186/88

Dragons
1 Reia Nakachi          P   Okinawa Univ            R/R   02/15/2001   177/80
2 Kaito Muramatsu       IF  Meiji Univ              R/L   01/06/2001   171/80
3 Akio Moriyama         P   Anan Hikari HS          L/L   01/11/2005   182/83
4 Ryunosuke Yamaasa     C   Seiko Gakuen HS         R/L   04/21/2004   175/82
5 Shonosuke Hama        IF  BCL Fukui               R/L   05/03/2000   181/81
6 Mikiya Tanaka         IF  Asia Univ               R/R   11/28/2000   166/64
7 Hiroki Fukunaga       IF  Nippon Shinyaku         R/R   09/16/1996   180/74

i1 Shinya Matsuyama     P   Hachinohe Gakuin Univ   R/R   06/23/2000   188/92
i2 Tento Nonaka         P   Meioh HS                L/L   02/05/2005   180/83
i3 Seishu Higuchi       IF  BCL Musashi Heat Bears  R/L   11/17/1998   177/75

Marines (ikusei)
x Kosei Shoji
1 Riku Kikuchi          P   Senshu Univ             R/L   06/13/2000   183/88
2 Atsuki Tomosugi       IF  Tenri Univ              R/R   11/07/2000   171/68
3 Haruya Tanaka         P   Nihon Bunri HS          R/L   06/06/2004   185/82
4 Shuta Takano          P   Nippon Express          L/L   08/13/1998   183/76
5 Yuta Kaneda           IF  Urawa Gakuin HS         R/L   02/12/2005   181/80

i1 Yuto Yoshikawa       P   Urawa Reimei HS         L/L   03/14/2005   185/82
i2 Kaiki Shirahama      P   Iizuka HS               R/R   07/05/2004   192/87
i3 Rui Katsumata        IF  Fujinomiya East HS      R/R   10/07/2004   188/78
i4 Kaisei Kurokawa      IF  Gakuhou Ishikawa HS     R/R   04/05/2004   178/75

Carp
1 Yuta Saitoh           P   Tomakomai Chuo HS       R/L   05/27/2004   189/90
2 Shodai Uchida         IF  Tone Shogyo HS          R/R   09/22/2004   183/85
3 Takehisa Masuda       P   Tokyo Gas               R/R   10/06/1998   175/86
4 Kanato Shimizu        C   Kendai Takasaki HS      R/L   07/06/2004   175/80
5 Kei Kawano            P   Osaka Gas               R/R   08/23/2001   176/80
6 Ginji Hasebe          P   Toyota                  L/L   07/29/1998   184/80
7 Shu Kubo              OF  Osaka Kanko Univ        R/R   09/29/2000   180/80

i1 Norihiko Nabara      OF  Aomori Univ             R/R   06/24/2000   182/82
i2 Takahiro Nakamura    OF  Kyushu Sangyo Univ      R/L   04/09/2000   177/85
i3 Taiga Tsuji          P   Nishogakusha HS         L/L   08/29/2004   182/79

Eagles
1 Kosei Shoji           P   Rikkio Univ             R/R   10/13/2000   188/90
2 Ryuji Komago          P   Saginomiya Seisakusho   R/R   09/15/1997   179/85
3 Shota Watanabe        P   Kyushu Sangyo Univ      R/R   10/29/2000   181/79
4 Mao Itoh              P   Nodai Hokkaido Okhotsk  R/L   11/19/2000   180/80
5 Ryuya Taira           OF  NTT West Japan          R/R   07/09/1998   170/76
6 Yuki Hayashi          P   Seino Transportation    L/L   10/29/2001   174/61

i1 Konosuke Tatsumi     IF  Seinan Gakuin Univ      R/R   11/24/2000   177/69
i2 Kosei Koga           P   Shimonoseki Kokusai HS  L/L   09/03/2004   181/83
i3 Akihiro Takeshita    P   Hakodate Univ           R/R   05/20/2000   185/75
i4 Sotaro Nagata        IF  Taiwan Nat'l Sport Univ R/L   10/11/2000   178/74

Giants (ikusei)
1 Shogo Asano           OF  Takamatsu Shogyo HS     R/R   11/24/2004   180/83
2 Masaya Hagio          OF  Keio Univ               R/R   12/28/2000   180/84
3 Chiharu Tanaka        P   Kokugakuin Univ         R/R   09/21/2000   189/85
4 Makoto Kadowaki       IF  Soka Univ               R/L   01/24/2001   171/73
5 Hiromasa Funabasama   P   Seino Transportation    R/L   10/16/1996   174/72

i1 Hayate Matsui        P   Meisei Univ             R/R   09/14/2000   178/83
i2 Tomoki Tamura        P   Sakata Minami HS        R/R   04/06/2004   184/80
i3 Yusef Yoshimura      P   Meitoku Gijiku HS       L/L   12/08/2004   182/75
i4 Ayumu Nakata         IF  Tooh Gijuku HS          R/R   06/27/2004   172/76
i5 Hakuto Aizawa        IF  Toin Gakuen HS          R/R   05/28/2004   178/82
i6 Rui Mitsuka          OF  Kiryu Daiichi HS        L/L   05/10/2004   182/92
i7 Gen Ohshiro          OF  Mirai HS Okinawa        R/R   07/12/2004   180/78
i8 Rio Kitamura         P   Kiryu Daiichi HS        R/R   02/20/2005   174/77
i9 Tessei Morimoto      P   Shiritsu Funabashi HS   L/L   09/03/2004   175/73

Lions
1 Takuya Hiruma         OF  Waseda Univ             L/L   09/08/2000   176/87
2 Yuta Furukawa         OF  Saiki Kakujo HS         R/R   05/25/2004   186/91
3 Kaito Noda            C   Kyushu Kokusaidai HS    R/R   03/18/2005   173/74
4 Minato Aoyama         P   Asia Univ               R/R   07/19/2000   182/84
5 Haruto Yamada         P   Ohmi HS                 R/R   06/09/2004   174/75
6 Ryosuke Kodama        IF  Osaka Gas               R/R   07/10/1998   166/64

i1 Kazuki Nomura        IF  Ishikawa Million Stars  R/R   06/07/2003   183/93
i2 Montell Higuma       OF  Tokushima Indigo Socks  R/R   03/18/2000   186/86
i3 Daiki Miura          P   Chukyo Univ             R/L   04/07/2000   180/92
i4 Ryosuke Koresawa     C   Hosei Univ              R/R   04/19/2000   178/79

Tigers
x Shogo Asano
1 Shota Morishita       OF  Chuo Univ               R/R   08/14/2000   182/88
2 Keito Monbetsu        P   Tokaidai Sapporo HS     L/L   07/10/2004   182/82
3 Hinase Itsubo         OF  Kanto Daiichi HS        R/R   03/17/2005   177/86
4 Hidetoshi Ibaragi     P   Teikyo Nagaoka HS       R/R   06/08/2004   182/83
5 Reiji Toi             IF  Tenri HS                R/R   01/18/2005   180/85
6 Ren Tomita            P   Mitsubishi Okazaki      L/L   09/06/2001   175/72

i1 Kyosuke Noguchi      OF  Kyushu Sangyo Univ      R/R   07/17/2000   180/88

Hawks
1 Itua Ikhine           IF  Homare HS               R/L   09/02/2004   184/83
2 Ryosuke Ohtsu         P   Nippon Steel Kashima    R/L   01/13/1999   176/68
3 Ikumi Kai             OF  Tohoku Fukushi Univ     R/L   07/11/2000   182/85
4 Kazuo Ohno            P   Ohshima HS              L/L   08/06/2004   174/63
5 Haru Matsumoto        P   Asia Univ               L/L   02/24/2001   180/78
6 Kengo Yoshida         C   Toin Yokohama Univ      R/R   01/18/2001   180/92

i1 Ren Akaba            P   Kasumigaura HS          R/R   04/09/2004   187/80
i2 Kyogo Yamashita      IF  Fukuoka Univ Ohhori HS  R/R   07/07/2004   175/73  
i3 Hikaru Kimura        P   Bukkyo Univ             R/L   07/02/2000   173/72 
i4 Kaito Uchino         P   Takeda HS               R/R   07/28/2004   186/94  
i5 Junpei Okaue         P   Shikama Kogyo HS        R/R   07/10/2004   178/70  
i6 Akito Sasaki         P   Gakuho Fukushima HS     R/R   01/02/2005   184/79   
i7 Sota Minakuchi       P   Tohto Univ              R/R   08/09/1999   194/104  
i8 Hayato Miyazaki      P   Tokyo Nodai Univ        L/L   06/14/2000   180/85  
i9 Kaito Shigematsu     OF  Asia Univ               R/R   04/12/2000   186/92  
i10 Jun Maeda           P   Nihon Bunri Univ        L/L   06/04/2000   187/93  
i11 Kota Satoh          IF  Hachinohe Kosei HS      R/R   04/07/2004   183/75  
i12 Yusei Tobita        IF  Yokohama Kanazawa HS    R/L   03/13/2005   184/82 
i13 Ayuma Nishio        IF  Chukyo Gakuin Univ      R/L   06/20/2000   168/68  
i14 Ryota Morishima     C   Konan HS                R/R   05/27/2004   186/90  

Baystars
1 Shion Matsuo          C   Osaka Toin HS           R/R   07/06/2004   178/75
2 Teruki Yoshino        P   Toyota                  R/R   07/19/1998   176/78
3 Takuma Hayashi        IF  Komazawa Univ           R/L   08/24/2000   172/74
4 Ryudai Morishita      P   Kyoto Kokusai HS        L/L   09/19/2004   178/73
5 Tatsuya Hashimoto     P   Keio Univ               R/R   07/18/2000   182/86

i1 Ryota Joko           C   Ehime Mandarin Pirates  R/L   01/29/2001   184/90
i2 Ren Suzuki           IF  Shiga Gakuen HS         R/R   07/18/2004   183/86
i3 Ryuto Konno          P   Toritsu Shiojiri HS     R/R   07/13/2004   182/86
i4 Aki Watanabe         P   Ibaraki Astro Planets   R/R   01/29/2000   188/105
i5 Haruto Kusano        P   East Japan Shohei HS    R/R   06/07/2004   175/87

Buffaloes
1 Ryuhei Sotani         P   Hakuoh Univ             L/L   11/30/2000   183/79
2 Hoh Naitoh            IF  JAL Ishikawa HS         R/R   10/05/2004   180/100
3 Kyosuke Saitoh        P   Morioka Chuo HS         R/R   11/18/2004   177/70
4 Ryu Sugisawa          OF  Tohoku Fukushi Univ     R/L   06/02/2000   175/80
5 Atsumi Hidaka         P   Tomishima HS            R/R   09/06/2004   183/76

i1 Yusei Nishihama      P   Gunma Diamond Pegasus   R/L   11/23/2002   181/87
i2 Kaito Saiki          P   Osaka Economics Univ    R/R   06/10/2000   181/86
i3 Kaito Iriyama        P   Tohoku Fukushi Univ     R/R   05/26/2000   178/78
i4 Tokumasa Chano       OF  Tokushima Indigo Socks  R/L   08/04/1999   175/80
i5 Kyoichiro Murakami   C   Hosei Univ              R/R   12/01/2000   168/82

Swallows
1 Kojiro Yoshimura      P   Toshiba                 R/R   01/19/1998   183/85
2 Ruito Nishimura       OF  Kyoto Gaidai HS         R/L   07/01/2004   178/75
3 Ren Sawai             OF  Chukyo Univ             L/L   05/31/2000   180/100
4 Takumi Sakamoto       P   Hokkaido Shiriuchi HS   L/L   07/06/2004   180/85
5 Keigo Kitamura        IF  Chuo Univ               R/R   12/18/2000   182/87

i1 Seiya Hashimoto      C   Chuo Gakuin Univ        R/L   09/18/2000   178/85

5 comments:

MoeyoCD said...

Interesting pick of Gosuke Katoh to Fighters. Any thoughts on that? I haven’t been following his story and couldn’t find anything in English about him being in the NPB draft.

Deanna said...

Sorry to be late replying to this. He posted to Twitter (in Japanese) the day after like "hey, I'm honored that the Fighters drafted me but I am still under contract to the Mets so I'll be figuring out my best options in the next couple of days."

Not sure much has been mentioned of it in English except the draft nerds on Twitter and Reddit?

MoeyoCD said...

Thank you, maybe he was just as surprised as everyone else. I saw it here first then tried to find some info about him. I assume the Fighters now hold his rights going forward if he ever does consider NPB.

Exciting year for Julio and the M’s, were you following them?!

Kozo said...

NPB draft rights are only good until the end of March. If Kato doesn't sign with the Fighters he'll need to be drafted again next year to enter NPB.

MoeyoCD said...

Thank you Kozo, if he doesn’t get a spring training invite they still might have an opportunity to get him then.