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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

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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

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teams came out on top against

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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

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manager

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'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

* Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. * In the first round,

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(Pitcher) was selected by the Buffaloes, Shoma Fujihira (Pitcher) by the

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(Pitcher) by the

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, Tatsuya Imai (Pitcher) by the

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, and Yusuke Oyama (Infielder) by the

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without a bid lottery. * In the thrird round,

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(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 developmental player 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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