The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 24, , for the 60th 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 12th consecutive year since 2013.
Format The first round of the draft is conducted via a bid lottery, where every team submits bids for players they'd like to draft. Players that receive multiple nominations result in a drawing of the lots between the nominating teams. The losing teams of the lottery re-submit selections until they get a player without any nominations. Starting from the second round, teams will select in reverse order of the standings, alternating between Central League and Pacific League teams. This year, the Pacific League will have priority. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted. The draft ends when all teams are "selected" or when the total number of selected players reaches 120.
Following the expansion of the Eastern League and Western League to include the independent Niigata Albirex Baseball Club and , respectively, it was announced that players in both clubs were eligible for the draft.
First Round Player namePositionTeams selected byFirst NominationRui MuneyamaOFLions, Eagles, Carp, Fighters, HawksFirst NominationYumeto KanemaruLHPDragons, BayStars, Tigers, GiantsFirst NominationMishō NishikawaOFMarines, BuffaloesFirst NominationRHPSwallowsSecond NominationYusei IshizukaIFLions, GiantsSecond NominationReo ShibataRHPFighters, HawksSecond NominationOFBuffaloesSecond NominationTakato IharaLHPTigersSecond NominationIFCarpSecond NominationIFBayStarsThird NominationIFLionsThird NominationRHPHawks Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a 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.
Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam1Mishō NishikawaLHPAoyama Gakuin University2INF3RHPToyo University4RHP5RHPKyushu Tokai University6C/INFDevelopmental Player Draft1INF2RHP3RHPFuji University
Chunichi Dragons RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1Yumeto KanemaruLHPKansai University2Seiya YoshidaLHP3LHP4C5LHP6RHPDevelopmental Player Draft1INF2RHP
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1RHP2Yudai ShojiINFKanagawa University3RHPFuji University4INF5INF6RHPToyo UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft1*RHP2INF3C4INF5LHP6RHPTokushima Indigo Socks7RHP8RHPSendai University9RHPOsaka University of Commerce10OFTohoku Fukushi University11OF12LHP13RHP
Hanshin Tigers RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1Takato IharaLHP2RHPHōtoku Gakuen High School3RHP4C5INFDevelopmental Player Draft1Taisei KudoRHPTokushima Indigo Socks2CKōchi Fighting Dogs3RHP4INFIshikawa Million Stars
Hiroshima Toyo Carp RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1INFAoyama Gakuin University2LHPFuji University3Shun OkamotoRHPKonan University4INFFuji University5RHPDevelopmental Player Draft1RHP2LHP3CShizuoka University
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1Reo ShibataRHP2LHP3RHPMeiji University4RHP5Shū YamagataINFWaseda University6RHPHosei UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft1RHP2LHP
Orix Buffaloes RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1OFFuji University2RHPNippon Sport Science University3RHP4C5RHP6RHPDevelopmental Player Draft1INF2INF3RHP4OFHiroshima University of Economics5CShinano Grandserows6RHP
Saitama Seibu Lions RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1INF2Seiya WatanabeOFOsaka University of Commerce3RHP4OFJapan University of Economics5Hibiki ShinoharaRHP6C7INFDevelopmental Player Draft1LHP2Taiyō SatōINFKanagawa University3INFOsaka Tōin High School4LHPSeisa Dohto University5OFKyoto International High School6INF7OF
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1Rui MuneyamaINFMeiji University2LHPInternational Pacific University3RHPTokushima Indigo Socks4RHP5OFWaseda University6INFDevelopmental Player Draft1INF
Tokyo Yakult Swallows RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1RHPAichi Institute of Technology2OF3Kota ShojiLHP4Haruto TanakaINF5CEhime Mandarin PiratesDevelopmental Player Draft1INFNorth Carolina A&T2Yu HirosawaRHPEhime Mandarin Pirates3RHPNiigata Albirex Baseball Club4C
Yokohama DeNA BayStars RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1RHP2Kentaro ShinogiRHPHosei University3INFTokushima Indigo Socks4RHPKochi Fighting Dogs5INF6RHPKokugakuin UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft1OF2RHP3LHP
Yomiuri Giants RoundPlayer namePositionTeam1Yusei IshizukaINF2Shunsuke UrataINF3INFJobu University4RHP5LHPTokai University Shizuoka CampusDevelopmental Player Draft1CFuji University2RHP3RHP4RHP5LHP6INF
References
External links 2024年プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD - NPB.jp Nippon Professional Baseball