NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
12/31/2022
 
CHIBA LOTTE MARINES (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Hisanobu Watanabe 2nd Hisanobu Watanabe 2nd 2nd
First Basemen Sung-jae Yun 9th Sung-jae Yun 7th 10th
Second Basemen Ikki Ozaki 2nd Ikki Ozaki 1st 1st
Third Basemen Mashashi Kichikawa 4th Mashashi Kichikawa 8th 9th
Shortstops Sadakuno Sato 6th Sadakuno Sato 5th 5th
Left Fielders Rahimat Mash'al 2nd Rahimat Mash'al 2nd 2nd
Center Fielders Shigenobu Mori 11th Shigenobu Mori 2nd 11th
Right Fielders Toyokazu Murayama 2nd Toyokazu Murayama 7th 6th
Starting Pitchers Shigeki Sasaki 2nd Qing-nian Wa 4th 3rd
Relievers Shigeki Sasaki 1st Shigeki Sasaki 1st 1st
Closers Shohei Nakayama 4th Shohei Nakayama 4th 4th
CHUNICHI DRAGONS (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tatsukichi Wakisaka 10th Shigeki Ito 10th 10th
First Basemen Tokaji Sato 6th Tokaji Sato Tied for 7th 8th
Second Basemen Tetsuyuki Kaneko 7th Tetsuyuki Kaneko 5th 9th
Third Basemen Tsuginori Sanu 5th Tsuginori Sanu 2nd 2nd
Shortstops Monzaemon Kouda 3rd Monzaemon Kouda 3rd 3rd
Left Fielders Yoshihisa Kanda 4th Yoshihisa Kanda 9th 8th
Center Fielders Ieyoshi Yamada 5th Ieyoshi Yamada 1st 1st
Right Fielders Masujiro Hayagawa 8th Masujiro Hayagawa 3rd 4th
Starting Pitchers Ekrem Vedat 10th Kazuyoshi Tada 10th 10th
Relievers Nobuhiko Kokura 6th Hiroharu Iwasaki 6th 6th
Closers Takaaki Fukuda 6th Takaaki Fukuda 6th 6th
FUKUOKA SOFTBANK HAWKS (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Yoriyuki Ikeda 7th Yoriyuki Ikeda 5th 7th
First Basemen Aftab Mengal 4th Aftab Mengal Tied for 7th 7th
Second Basemen Shoin Ohara 4th Shoin Ohara Tied for 5th 5th
Third Basemen Kiemon Kouno 9th Kiemon Kouno 3rd 4th
Shortstops Yen-nien Gao 5th Yen-nien Gao 4th 4th
Left Fielders Wei-hong Jiao 8th Wei-hong Jiao 7th 6th
Center Fielders Ming-hoa Xuan 1st Ming-hoa Xuan Tied for 2nd 2nd
Right Fielders Kosaku Fujita 7th Kosaku Fujita 2nd 3rd
Starting Pitchers Namboku Kojima 4th Namboku Kojima 5th 5th
Relievers Naoaki Asano 5th Naoaki Asano 5th 5th
Closers Kantaro Suzuki 10th Kantaro Suzuki 10th 10th
HANSHIN TIGERS (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Bai-luo Thean 5th Bai-luo Thean 4th 5th
First Basemen Fo-hian Li 11th Fo-hian Li Tied for 7th 12th
Second Basemen Tomokazu Horiuchi 6th Tomokazu Horiuchi Tied for 5th 7th
Third Basemen Naonobu Asano 10th Naonobu Asano Tied for 8th 12th
Shortstops Takeji Honda 10th Seung-hwa Pak 6th 8th
Left Fielders Myeong-hun Ye 7th Myeong-hun Ye 5th 5th
Center Fielders Tetsunori Tamura 2nd Tetsunori Tamura Tied for 2nd 3rd
Right Fielders Mao-you Wang 9th Mao-you Wang Tied for 7th 10th
Starting Pitchers Yodo Hirayama 8th Hirotada Hori 8th 8th
Relievers Tadasuke Saito Tied for 6th Naomi Matsunaga Tied for 6th Tied for 6th
Closers Tokugawa Shimizu 8th Tokugawa Shimizu 8th 8th
HIROSHIMA TOYO CARP (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Katsumi Naka 11th Amaraprita Sathasivam 12th 12th
First Basemen Munoto Oike 12th Nobuharu Sakurai 6th 9th
Second Basemen Toru Yoshikawa 3rd Toru Yoshikawa Tied for 5th 3rd
Third Basemen Koto Nakashima 12th Koto Nakashima 4th 8th
Shortstops Naoki Ogawa 12th Naoki Ogawa 7th 12th
Left Fielders Ryuzaburo Ohayashi 9th Sachi Yamashita 6th 7th
Center Fielders Kensaku Suzuki 12th Kensaku Suzuki Tied for 2nd 12th
Right Fielders Min-chul Kim 11th Min-chul Kim Tied for 7th 12th
Starting Pitchers Akihiro Hamada 9th Ryunosuke Chikafuji 9th 9th
Relievers Akira Hoshino Tied for 6th Yukinaga Masuda Tied for 6th Tied for 6th
Closers Tadahisa Higuchi 9th Tadahisa Higuchi 9th 9th
HOKKAIDO NIPPON-HAM FIGHTERS (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tetsuzan Araki 3rd Tetsuzan Araki 6th 4th
First Basemen Susumu Yamamoto 3rd Susumu Yamamoto 2nd 2nd
Second Basemen Tsu-wee Siew 11th Isoruko Tanaka 4th 8th
Third Basemen Akio Hara 3rd Akio Hara Tied for 8th 7th
Shortstops Jorge Balbuena 8th Jorge Balbuena Tied for 7th 10th
Left Fielders Matsu Shibata 11th Matsu Shibata 8th 9th
Center Fielders Juro Ine 10th Juro Ine Tied for 2nd 10th
Right Fielders Wei-fang Li 3rd Wei-fang Li 1st 1st
Starting Pitchers Takeji Ogawa 12th Takeji Ogawa 12th 12th
Relievers Kichisaburo Matsui Tied for 6th Chi-hun Kim Tied for 6th Tied for 6th
Closers Pong-su Yi 3rd Pong-su Yi 3rd 3rd
ORIX BUFFALOES (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers César Soto 1st Man Chio 1st 1st
First Basemen Yeong-il Kim 5th Kohei Matsumoto 3rd 3rd
Second Basemen Kichisaburo Ikarashi 12th Kichisaburo Ikarashi Tied for 5th 12th
Third Basemen Koryusai Yamamoto 8th Koryusai Yamamoto Tied for 8th 11th
Shortstops Tomohiko Goto 11th Tomohiko Goto Tied for 7th 11th
Left Fielders Sang-soo Kim 6th Sang-soo Kim Tied for 9th 10th
Center Fielders Hoang Kieu 7th Hoang Kieu Tied for 2nd 7th
Right Fielders Takuya Sugimoto 10th Xun Chong 5th 8th
Starting Pitchers Robert Avila 3rd Eisuke Ota 2nd 2nd
Relievers Munenori Sato 3rd Munenori Sato 3rd 3rd
Closers Robert Avila 1st Robert Avila 1st 1st
SAITAMA SEIBU LIONS (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Bao-tian Seah 6th Bao-tian Seah 7th 6th
First Basemen Paco Jiménez 2nd Paco Jiménez 1st 1st
Second Basemen Hyun-soo Yi 1st Hyun-soo Yi 2nd 2nd
Third Basemen Takahiro Hashimoto 11th Takahiro Hashimoto 7th 10th
Shortstops Alex Lontok 1st Alex Lontok Tied for 7th 1st
Left Fielders Zhao-ying Gai 5th Zhao-ying Gai 4th 4th
Center Fielders Toyotomi Suzuki 8th Toyotomi Suzuki Tied for 2nd 8th
Right Fielders Sung-joon Kim 6th Sung-joon Kim Tied for 7th 9th
Starting Pitchers Shinzo Sasaki 11th Shinzo Sasaki 11th 11th
Relievers Razan Matsubara Tied for 6th On Lok Tied for 6th Tied for 6th
Closers Xuan-ling Liu Tied for 10th Xuan-ling Liu 11th 11th
TOHOKU RAKUTEN GOLDEN EAGLES (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Sadao Miyamoto 12th Han-su Chu 11th 11th
First Basemen Joon-suk Song 10th Joon-suk Song Tied for 7th 11th
Second Basemen Thao Dinh 8th Thao Dinh Tied for 5th 10th
Third Basemen Chong-yeol Pak 1st Chong-yeol Pak 1st 1st
Shortstops Isei Hirayama 9th Lang Wie 1st 6th
Left Fielders Yunosuke Kawagishi 12th Yunosuke Kawagishi Tied for 9th 12th
Center Fielders Yoshihisa Nan 6th Yoshihisa Nan Tied for 2nd 6th
Right Fielders Kwi-tae Pak 5th Kwi-tae Pak 4th 2nd
Starting Pitchers Koryusai Uchida 5th Koryusai Uchida 3rd 4th
Relievers Yuji Fujita Tied for 6th Yao-bang Zeng Tied for 6th Tied for 6th
Closers Kazutoshi Abe 2nd Kazutoshi Abe 2nd 2nd
TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Roku Sato 8th Roku Sato 8th 8th
First Basemen Seung-chun Sin 7th Kimi Kokura 4th 5th
Second Basemen Mito Sai 9th Mito Sai 3rd 4th
Third Basemen Mokichi Kumagai 7th Mokichi Kumagai 6th 6th
Shortstops Motoki Umaba 7th Motoki Umaba Tied for 7th 9th
Left Fielders Sosuke Ozawa 10th Sosuke Ozawa Tied for 9th 11th
Center Fielders Myung-joo Ku 9th Myung-joo Ku Tied for 2nd 9th
Right Fielders Quan Yip 12th Takeru Yamada 6th 11th
Starting Pitchers Shoin Matsushina 7th Nobuhiko Miyashita 7th 7th
Relievers Suketsune Daikawa 4th Suketsune Daikawa 4th 4th
Closers Yasuhiro Okada 5th Yasuhiro Okada 5th 5th
YOKOHAMA BAY STARS (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Kichisaburo Miyake 9th Kichisaburo Miyake 9th 9th
First Basemen Kunimichi Fujii 8th Kunimichi Fujii 5th 6th
Second Basemen Toshiaki Kawakami 10th Toshiaki Kawakami Tied for 5th 11th
Third Basemen Dimitri Weniaminoff 2nd Dimitri Weniaminoff Tied for 8th 3rd
Shortstops Manuel Gómez 4th Manuel Gómez Tied for 7th 7th
Left Fielders Ramón De Jesús 3rd Ramón De Jesús 3rd 3rd
Center Fielders Feng-xiang Xiu 4th Feng-xiang Xiu Tied for 2nd 5th
Right Fielders Du-yang Tong 1st Du-yang Tong Tied for 7th 5th
Starting Pitchers Cheng-qian Xia 1st Almas bin Su'ud 1st 1st
Relievers Abhijeet Yalamanchilli Tied for 6th Toshiharu Murakami Tied for 6th Tied for 6th
Closers In-gu Ch'oe Tied for 10th In-gu Ch'oe Tied for 11th Tied for 11th
YOMIURI GIANTS (COL) 12/31/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Yasuhiko Sato 4th Yasuhiko Sato 3rd 3rd
First Basemen Anujestha Puri 1st Anujestha Puri Tied for 7th 4th
Second Basemen Hsui-chen Shui 5th Hsui-chen Shui Tied for 5th 6th
Third Basemen Natsume Ine 6th Natsume Ine 5th 5th
Shortstops Yeon-kyu So 2nd Yeon-kyu So 2nd 2nd
Left Fielders Seiichi Nakayama 1st Otojiro Kakuta 1st 1st
Center Fielders Akihisa Tamura 3rd Akihisa Tamura Tied for 2nd 4th
Right Fielders Ji-hyun Kim 4th Ji-hyun Kim Tied for 7th 7th
Starting Pitchers Koichi Yamasaki 6th Koichi Yamasaki 6th 6th
Relievers Yohachi Adachi 2nd Yohachi Adachi 2nd 2nd
Closers Shi-fa Wong 7th Shi-fa Wong 7th 7th
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