The 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 20, , for the 58th time at the

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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 10th consecutive year since 2013.

Summary

Only the first round picks will be done by bid lottery. from

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, the Professional Baseball Executive Committee has decided that the

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and the

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will be given the second round of waiver priority alternately every other year, and in 2022 Pacific League received the waiver priority. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted. It ends when all teams are "selected" or when the total number of selected players reaches 120. Also, if the number of players has not reached 120, we will continue to hold a "developmental squad player selection meeting" with the participation of the desired team.

First Round Contested Picks

* Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. * In the first round, Kota Yazawa (Outfielder) was selected by the Fighters, Reia Nakachi (Pitcher) by the

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, Yuta Saito (Pitcher) by the

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, Takuya Hiruma (Outfielder) by the

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, Ihine Itsua (Intfielder) by the

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, Shion Matsuo (Catcher) by the BayStars, Ryuhei Soya (Pitcher) by the Buffaloes, and Kojiro Yoshimura (Pitcher) by the Swallows without a bid lottery. * In the second round, Riku Kikuchi (Pitcher) was selected by the Marines, and

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(Pitcher) by the Tigers 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.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Chunichi Dragons

Chiba Lotte Marines

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Yomiuri Giants

Saitama Seibu Lions

Hanshin Tigers

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

Orix Buffaloes

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

References

External links

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