The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 20, , for the 52nd 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 Co. with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D".
Summary
Only the first round picks were allowed to be contested with all picks from the second round onward being based on table placing in the 2016 NPB season in a waiver system. Waiver priority was based on inter-league results. As the Pacific League teams came out on top against Central League opposition, Pacific League teams were given preference. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.
Due to Tokyo Yakult Swallows manager Mitsuru Manaka's mistake in the 2015 edition of the draft, losing tickets in the lottery were made blank to avoid confusion with winning tickets emblazoned with "Negotiation Rights Acquired."
87 new players were drafted with a further 28 development players selected.
First Round Contested Picks Player namePositionTeams selected byFirst RoundSeigi TanakaPitcherMarines, Hawks, Giants, Fighters, CarpFirst RoundYuya YanagiPitcherDragons, BaystarsSecond RoundChihaya SasakiPitcherMarines,Giants, Fighters, Carp
Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. In the first round, Taisuke Yamaoka (Pitcher) was selected by the Buffaloes, Shoma Fujihira (Pitcher) by the Eagles, Naruki Terashima (Pitcher) by the Swallows, Tatsuya Imai (Pitcher) by the Lions, and Yusuke Oyama (Infielder) by the Tigers without a bid lottery. In the thrird round, Haruhiro Hamaguchi (Pitcher) was selected by the BayStars, Naoki Yoshikawa (Infielder) by the Giants, Mizuki Hori (Pitcher) by the Fighters, and Takuya Katoh (Pitcher) by the Carp without a bid lottery. List of selected players.
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 player who contracted as a registered player under control. List of selected players.
Orix Buffaloes PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Taisuke YamaokaPitcherTokyo Gas#2Yuta KurokiPitcherRissho University#3Daisuke OkazakiInfielderHanasaki Tokuharu Senior High School#4Yoshinobu YamamotoPitcherMiyakonojo Senior High School#5Keisuke KobayashiPitcherNippon Life#6Soichiro YamazakiPitcherTsuruga Keihi Senior High School#7Daisuke IidaCatcherHonda Suzuka#8Keisuke SawadaPitcherRikkyo University#9Kaoru NemotoPitcherKasumigaura High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Chang YiOutfielderJapan University of Economics#2Tsubasa SakakibaraPitcherUrawa Gakuin High School#3Fumiya KanbePitcherRissho University#4Kazumasa SakamotoInfielderIshikawa Million Stars#5Katsushi NakamachiCatcherMeiji University
Chunichi Dragons PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yuya YanagiPitcherMeiji University#2Yota KyodaInfielderNihon University#3Masami IshigakiInfielderSakata South High School#4Shotaro KasaharaPitcherNiigata University of Health and Welfare#5Kento FujishimaPitcherToho Senior High School#6Taisuke MaruyamaPitcherTokai UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yusuke KinoshitaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shoma FujihiraPitcherYokohama Senior High School#2Takahide IkedaPitcherSōka University#3Kazuki TanakaOutfielderRikkyo University#4Shu SugaharaPitcherOsaka University of Health and Sport Sciences#5Kohei MoriharaPitcherNippon Steel & Sumitomo Steel Hirohata#6Keisuke TsurutaPitcherTeikyo University#7Hiroki NomotoPitcherSasebo Commercial High School#8Tsuyoshi IshiharaCatcherKyoto Shoei High School#9Yuhei TakanashiPitcherJX Eneos#10Naoto NishiguchiPitcherRenaiss Health and Medical CollegeDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kodai ChibaPitcherHanamaki East High School#2Yusuke MinamiInfielderMeisei University#3Takuma MukaitaniInfielderHyogo Blue Sundars#4Toshiyasu KimuraPitcherRiseisha College of Medicine and Sport
Tokyo Yakult Swallows PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Naruki TerashimaPitcherRiseisha Senior High School#2Tomoya HoshiPitcherMeiji University#3Yugo UmenoPitcherKyushusangyo High School#4Hikaru NakaoPitcherNagoya Keizai University#5Yudai KogaCatcherMeitoku Gijuku Senior High School#6Ryusuke KikusawaPitcherSoso RitecDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hajime OmuraCatcherIshikawa Million Stars
Saitama Seibu Lions PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Tatsuya ImaiPitcherSakushin Senior High School#2Shunta NakatsukaPitcherHakuoh University#3Sosuke GendaInfielderToyota #4Shohei SuzukiOutfielderShizuoka Senior High School#5Katsunori HiraiPitcherHonda Suzuka#6Ichiro TamuraPitcherRikkyo University
Hanshin Tigers PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yusuke OyamaInfielderHakuoh University#2Taiki OnoPitcherFuji University#3Hiroto SaikiPitcherKobe Sumashofu High School#4Masumi HamachiPitcherFukuoka University Ohori Senior High School#5Kento ItoharaInfielderNippon Oil#6Shungo FukunagaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#7Kenya NagasakaCatcherTohoku Fukushi University#8Kosuke FujitaniPitcherPanasonic
Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Chihaya SasakiPitcherJ. F. Oberlin University#2Tomohito SakaiPitcherOsaka Gas#3Takaaki ShimaPitcherTokai University Ichihara Boyo Senior High School#4Seiya DohiPitcherOsaka Gas#5Yuki AriyoshiPitcherKyushu Mitsubishi#6Atsuki TaneichiPitcherHachinohe Institute of Technology Daiichi Senior High#7Yuito MunetsuguPitcherAsia UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yoshizumu YasuePitcherIshikawa Million Stars#2Shota SugawaraOutfielderNihon Wellness sports University
Yokohama DeNA BayStars PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Haruhiro HamaguchiPitcherKanagawa University#2Koya MizunoPitcherTokai University Hokkaido#3Taiga MatsuoInfielderShugakukan High School#4Masaya KyoyamaPitcherOhmi Senior High School#5Seiya HosokawaPitcherMeishu Hitachi High School#6Yuya OnakaPitcherHiroshima University of Economics#7Yukikazu KarinoInfielderHeisei International University#8Takuya ShindohPitcherJR East#9Keita SanoInfielderMeiji UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Takamasa KasaiPitcherShinano Grandserows
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Seigi TanakaPitcherSōka University#2Yuto FuruyaPitcherKoryo High School#3Ryuhei KukiCatcherSyugakukan High School#4Masaki MimoriInfielderAomori Yamada High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shogo OmotoOutfielderTeikyo Dai-go High School#2Hiroki HasegawaPitcherShotoku Gakuen High School#3Tsubasa TashiroOutfielderHachinohe Gakuin High School#4Kosuke MoriyamaPitcher/InfielderFujisawa Shoryo High School#5Rikuya ShimizuOutfielderKyoto International High School#6Ryugen MatsumotoInfielderSotoku High School
Yomiuri Giants PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Naoki YoshikawaInfielderChukyo Gakuin University#2Seishu HatakePitcherKinki University#3Tappei TaniokaPitcherToshiba#4Shun IkedaPitcherYamaha#5Hosei TakataPitcherSoshi Gakuen High School#6Ryusei OhePitcherNisho Gakusha High School#7Liao Jen LeiPitcherOkayama Kyosei High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Suguru TakaiInfielderNiigata Albirex Baseball Club#2Shuhei KatohOutfielderIwata Higashi High School#3Motohito YamakawaPitcherHyogo Blue Sandars#4Koki SakamotoPitcherKwansei Gakuin University#5Seiya MatsubaraOutfielderMeisei University#6Ryutaro TakayamaCatcherKyushu Sangyo University#7Hayato HoriokaPitcherAomori Yamada High School#8Yusuke MatsuzawaOutfielderKagawa Olive Guyners
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Mizuki HoriPitcherHiroshima Shinjo Gakuen High School#2Kazunari IshiiInfielderWaseda University#3Kazuki TakaraPitcherKyushu Sangyo University#4Keisuke MoriyamaOutfielderSenshu University#5Yuki TakayamaPitcherOsaka Tōin High School#6Yujiro YamaguchiPitcherRiseisha Gakuen High School#7Takuya KoriCatcherTeikyo University#8Taisho TamaiPitcherNippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Kazusa Magic #9Junnosuke ImaiInfielderChukyo High School
Hiroshima Toyo Carp PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Takuya KatohPitcherKeio University#2Koya TakahashiPitcherHanasaki Tokuharu High School#3Hiroki TokodaPitcherChubu Gakuin University#4Shogo SakakuraCatcherTokai University Daisan Senior High#5Makoto AdwuwaPitcherMatsuyama Seiryo High School#6Ryota NagaiPitcherTsukuba Shuei High School
References
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 Sponichi 2016 NPB Draft (Japanese)