The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 20, , for the 52nd time at the
Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa
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to assign amateur baseball players to the
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. It was arranged with the special cooperation of
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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 at the
2015 edition of the draft, losing tickets in the lottery were made blank as 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
* 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
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,
Naruki Terashima
is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
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(Pitcher) by the
Swallows
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,
Tatsuya Imai (Pitcher) by the
Lions, and
Yusuke Oyama
is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hanshin Tigers.
Early baseball career
Yūsuke started playing softball in 1st grade as both a pitcher and infielder, and continued until junior high. He doubled as a pitche ...
(Infielder) by the
Tigers without a bid lottery.
* In the thrird round,
Haruhiro Hamaguchi
is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
In Game 4 of the 2017 Japan Series, with DeNA facing elimination, Hamaguchi did not allow a hit for innings.
On October 10, 2018, he was selected Jap ...
(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
*The order of the teams is the order of second round waiver priority.
* Bolded After that, a
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who contracted as a
registered player under control.
* List of selected players.
Orix Buffaloes
Chunichi Dragons
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Saitama Seibu Lions
Hanshin Tigers
Chiba Lotte Marines
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Yomiuri Giants
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
References
External links
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