Positional Strength Overview By Teams

	12/31/2012
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Nippon Baseball League Positional Strength Overview By Teams

Chiba Lotte Marines (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Hideaki Matsumoto	11th	Rintaro Okubo	Tied for 7th	12th
First Basemen	Takamori Matsui	5th	Toshikuni Sato	1st	1st
Second Basemen	Kazuhiro Kojima	6th	Kazuhiro Kojima	2nd	3rd
Third Basemen	Tetsui Ohayashi	7th	Toshiharu Suzuki	Tied for 5th	7th
Shortstops	Masazumi Takahashi	9th	Katsunosuki Yamada	Tied for 6th	10th
Left Fielders	Seiichi Tanaka	2nd	Seiichi Tanaka	3rd	3rd
Center Fielders	Shun Ushiyama	Tied for 9th		Tied for 8th	11th
Right Fielders	Takashi Kawaguchi	12th	Maresuke Imai	10th	10th
Starting Pitchers	Kinnosuke Sato	4th	Kinnosuke Sato	3rd	2nd
Relievers	Manobu Noda	4th	Hirokazu Yamaguchi	Tied for 7th	9th
Closers	Ryoichi Ageda	3rd	Hirokazu Yamaguchi	11th	9th

Chunichi Dragons (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Kiichi Okazaki	4th	Kiichi Okazaki	2nd	2nd
First Basemen	Masayuki Miyata	2nd		Tied for 10th	10th
Second Basemen	Kazuhiro Suzuki	9th		Tied for 7th	10th
Third Basemen	Atsumori Sakamoto	8th	Atsumori Sakamoto	Tied for 5th	8th
Shortstops	Yoshihito Tanabe	4th	Yoshihito Tanabe	1st	1st
Left Fielders	Natsuo Arai	11th	Naoki Sasaki	7th	8th
Center Fielders	Sukejuro Kogawa	11th		Tied for 8th	12th
Right Fielders	Nobuhisa Yokoyama	2nd	Nobuhisa Yokoyama	1st	2nd
Starting Pitchers	Sugimoto Morimoto	12th	Kiminobu Ogura	Tied for 6th	12th
Relievers	Kenko Takaki	2nd	Masahide Ageda	Tied for 7th	7th
Closers	Koryusai Kodo	5th	Koryusai Kodo	1st	1st

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Yasuo Kato	6th		Tied for 7th	9th
First Basemen	Jotaro Harada	Tied for 3rd	Mitsuharu Ohara	Tied for 10th	11th
Second Basemen	Ken'ichi Kono	10th	Hiroharu Kono	6th	6th
Third Basemen	Shun'ichi Okamura	9th		Tied for 5th	9th
Shortstops	Shusui Sakaguchi	11th	Shusui Sakaguchi	Tied for 6th	11th
Left Fielders	Makoto Watanabe	10th		Tied for 9th	12th
Center Fielders	Keitaro Suzuki	5th	Keitaro Suzuki	1st	1st
Right Fielders	Shinkichi Kokawa	10th	Shinkichi Kokawa	5th	6th
Starting Pitchers	Seinosuke Yokota	2nd	Yoshino Yamaguchi	Tied for 6th	6th
Relievers	Eisuke Sugiura	3rd	Ienobu Kiyomizu	Tied for 7th	8th
Closers	Masaharu Fukuda	9th	Masaharu Fukuda	9th	10th

Hanshin Tigers (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Kuniaki Yamada	1st	Akihiro Yoshida	Tied for 7th	7th
First Basemen	Mutsuhito Takeda	1st	Mutsuhito Takeda	4th	3rd
Second Basemen	Hirotsugu Kaneko	1st	Hirotsugu Kaneko	Tied for 7th	7th
Third Basemen	Tatsui Ikeda	4th	Juro Mizutani	1st	1st
Shortstops	Ryozo Daikawa	1st	Shosuke Koyama	Tied for 6th	6th
Left Fielders	Shigenobu Watanabe	12th	Masaharu Sugano	4th	6th
Center Fielders	Motoyuki Yoshioka	12th	Motoyuki Yoshioka	7th	7th
Right Fielders	Rikyu Imai	8th	Yoshihito Murakami	8th	8th
Starting Pitchers	Tsuneyo Kakutama	1st	Tsuneyo Kakutama	4th	1st
Relievers	Yoshikazu Momotani	12th	Yoshikazu Momotani	6th	6th
Closers	Yoshihisa Yoshida	1st	Yoshikazu Momotani	10th	6th

Hiroshima Toyo Carp (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Saikaku Endo	5th		7th	8th
First Basemen	Masato Ogawa	11th	Masato Ogawa	10th	12th
Second Basemen	Tetsui Takahashi	2nd	Tetsui Takahashi	1st	1st
Third Basemen	Hogai Suitani	12th		5th	12th
Shortstops	Robun Tanaka	8th	Robun Tanaka	2nd	2nd
Left Fielders	Yoshihito Sekiguchi	9th	Yoshihito Sekiguchi	9th	11th
Center Fielders	Yoshihide Inoue	6th	Yoshihide Inoue	6th	6th
Right Fielders	Takane Saito	5th	Shigeaki Kouda	6th	5th
Starting Pitchers	Reijiro Yamaguchi	6th	Reijiro Yamaguchi	2nd	3rd
Relievers	Taizo Morita	1st	Taizo Morita	5th	3rd
Closers	Noriaki Kozawa	2nd	Taizo Morita	5th	3rd

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Yeijiro Ohayashi	12th	Yeijiro Ohayashi	5th	6th
First Basemen	Tsuyoshi Kato	9th	Kentaro Ito	6th	6th
Second Basemen	Naganori Fukuda	5th		Tied for 7th	9th
Third Basemen	Toshitsugu Ine	6th	Sadao Yamaguchi	4th	4th
Shortstops	Kohei Takeuchi	3rd		Tied for 6th	7th
Left Fielders	Soshu Hirose	1st	Seinosuke Sakaguchi	Tied for 9th	9th
Center Fielders	Shinsaku Kamida	7th	Shinsaku Kamida	Tied for 8th	10th
Right Fielders	Takesi Takahashi	6th	Takesi Takahashi	4th	4th
Starting Pitchers	Masahide Memoto	11th	Masahide Memoto	Tied for 6th	11th
Relievers	Yoshino Yamauchi	Tied for 7th	Yoshino Yamauchi	Tied for 7th	11th
Closers	Nobukazu Ono	11th	Yoshino Yamauchi	12th	12th

ORIX Buffaloes (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Rintaro Toyota	7th	Rintaro Toyota	6th	5th
First Basemen	Shuncho Takeda	7th	Tomiichi Kishita	3rd	4th
Second Basemen	Yoshiki Sasaki	4th	Yoshiki Sasaki	7th	8th
Third Basemen	Shunen Kobayashi	3rd	Shunen Kobayashi	3rd	3rd
Shortstops	Shiro Asai	10th	Shiro Asai	3rd	4th
Left Fielders	Kuniyuki Makino	4th	Seinosuke Sato	5th	4th
Center Fielders	Norihisa Yamauchi	8th	Norihisa Yamauchi	4th	4th
Right Fielders	Yukinaga Kurota	9th	Yoshimasa Tenno	11th	11th
Starting Pitchers	Shosuke Kichikawa	10th	Hiroya Gato	Tied for 6th	10th
Relievers	Hiroya Gato	9th	Hiroya Gato	2nd	2nd
Closers	Nori Suzuki	7th	Nori Suzuki	4th	4th

Saitama Seibu Lions (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Totoya Fukushima	9th	Totoya Fukushima	Tied for 7th	11th
First Basemen	Kojuro Abe	12th	Takuma Kiyomizu	9th	9th
Second Basemen	Mitsuoki Sugahara	11th	Mitsuoki Sugahara	Tied for 7th	11th
Third Basemen	Daisuke Murakami	2nd	Sosuke Sano	Tied for 5th	5th
Shortstops	Kojuro Ohayashi	7th	Kojuro Ohayashi	Tied for 6th	9th
Left Fielders	Yoshiyuki Tanaka	5th	Masakado Kichida	Tied for 9th	10th
Center Fielders	Ryu Nakamura	3rd	Ryu Nakamura	Tied for 8th	8th
Right Fielders	Toshiro Shimada	1st	Toshiro Shimada	2nd	1st
Starting Pitchers	Ryunosuke Takahashi	8th	Yusuke Sasaki	Tied for 6th	9th
Relievers	Yusuke Sasaki	5th	Yusuke Sasaki	1st	1st
Closers	Naofumi Yoshida	8th	Yusuke Sasaki	3rd	5th

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Takafumi Nomura	3rd	Hiroaki Suzuki	1st	1st
First Basemen	Tashiaki Tanaka	3rd	Sumiteru Takahashi	8th	7th
Second Basemen	Tatsui Kamihara	12th	Tatsui Kamihara	Tied for 7th	12th
Third Basemen	Katai Fujihara	10th		Tied for 5th	10th
Shortstops	Takuma Kobayashi	5th	Kosaku Komatsu	5th	5th
Left Fielders	Masamune Kawamura	6th	Tomiji Inoue	2nd	2nd
Center Fielders	Tokuhei Takuda	1st	Tokuhei Takuda	2nd	2nd
Right Fielders	Toshikazu Kaneko	11th	Hidemichi Yamauchi	Tied for 11th	12th
Starting Pitchers	Atsumori Kitano	7th	Kazu Sato	5th	5th
Relievers	Tadanobu Ine	7th	Shuichi Takahashi	3rd	4th
Closers	Terumoto Motsuzuki	10th	Shuichi Takahashi	6th	8th

Tokyo Yakult Swallows (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Yugoro Kudara	2nd	Yugoro Kudara	4th	3rd
First Basemen	Yukio Kouno	10th	Yukio Kouno	7th	8th
Second Basemen	Nobuhito Ohayashi	8th	Soshu Kitamura	5th	5th
Third Basemen	Hiroji Ogawa	5th	Hiroji Ogawa	Tied for 5th	6th
Shortstops	Toyoharu Okumiya	2nd	Toyoharu Okumiya	4th	3rd
Left Fielders	Toshinobu Aoki	8th	Toshinobu Aoki	8th	7th
Center Fielders	Katsunan Mitzusaka	9th	Katsunan Mitzusaka	5th	5th
Right Fielders	Katsuhiko Yamamoto	4th	Katsuhiko Yamamoto	3rd	3rd
Starting Pitchers	Hisamitsu Kohara	9th	Kazuhiro Taguchi	1st	4th
Relievers	Hisamitsu Nakagawa	10th	Hisamitsu Nakagawa	4th	5th
Closers	Norogumi Hayashi	12th	Hisamitsu Nakagawa	7th	11th

Yokohama Bay Stars (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Kitahachi Matsushita	10th	Kitahachi Matsushita	3rd	4th
First Basemen	Isei Ikeda	6th	Isei Ikeda	5th	5th
Second Basemen	Takeichi Kimura	7th	Hideki Okamoto	3rd	4th
Third Basemen	Mashashi Kogawa	1st	Mashashi Kogawa	2nd	2nd
Shortstops	Masakado Yamashita	6th		6th	8th
Left Fielders	Kichisaburo Suzuki	3rd	Kichisaburo Suzuki	1st	1st
Center Fielders	Naruhiko Kumagai	4th		8th	9th
Right Fielders	Tatsuzo Watanabe	3rd	Hyotaru Memoto	7th	7th
Starting Pitchers	Shigeru Hiranuma	3rd	Sen Fukui	6th	7th
Relievers	Michizane Okubo	11th	Toshikasu Ito	7th	12th
Closers	Masafumi Hasegawa	4th	Masafumi Hasegawa	2nd	2nd

Yomiuri Giants (COL) 12/31/2012
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Katsuyoshi Tenno	8th		Tied for 7th	10th
First Basemen	Kiichi Amano	8th	Kiichi Amano	2nd	2nd
Second Basemen	Kazutoshi Samurakami	3rd	Kazutoshi Samurakami	4th	2nd
Third Basemen	Kensaku Yamamoto	11th	Takao Kato	Tied for 5th	11th
Shortstops	Kazunari Takahashi	12th		Tied for 6th	12th
Left Fielders	Iemochi Takahashi	7th	Iemochi Takahashi	6th	5th
Center Fielders	Norinaga Kondo	2nd	Norinaga Kondo	3rd	3rd
Right Fielders	Keisuke Maeda	7th	Keisuke Maeda	9th	9th
Starting Pitchers	Matsuyo Kokawa	5th	Matsuyo Kokawa	Tied for 6th	8th
Relievers	Naruhiko Saikawa	6th	Naruhiko Saikawa	Tied for 7th	10th
Closers	Tabito Shini	6th	Naruhiko Saikawa	8th	7th