NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2024
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Tetsuzan Araki 1st Tetsuzan Araki 1st 1st
Yokohama Bay Stars Hongwu Huang 2nd Hongwu Huang 2nd 2nd
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Morihiro Yamasaki 3rd Morihiro Yamasaki Tied for 5th 5th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Kadambi Patterjee 4th Nakamaro Sekine Tied for 5th 6th
Yomiuri Giants Kyung-tae Ch'oe 5th Chang-heui Kyon 3rd 3rd
Hanshin Tigers Bhavadatta Shubhabrata Tied for 6th Bhavadatta Shubhabrata Tied for 5th Tied for 7th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Takuro Kichikawa Tied for 6th Eiichi Nakamura Tied for 5th Tied for 7th
Chunichi Dragons Motoki Ogura 8th Shunsho Takahashi Tied for 5th 9th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Matsu Watanabe 9th Sotaro Matsunaga Tied for 5th 10th
Chiba Lotte Marines Tokutomi Inoue 10th Tokutomi Inoue Tied for 5th 11th
ORIX Buffaloes He-ping Chiu 11th Motonobu Imamura Tied for 5th 12th
Saitama Seibu Lions Naohiro Ota 12th Mitsuhide Takahashi 4th 4th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Aftab Mengal 1st Aftab Mengal 1st 1st
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Kimi Kokura 2nd Kimi Kokura 2nd 2nd
Chiba Lotte Marines Cheol-chung Ch'oe 3rd Kunitaro Sato 4th 3rd
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Khai Sui 4th Noritada Yoshida Tied for 5th 5th
Yomiuri Giants Ryunosuke Nakagawa 5th Ryunosuke Nakagawa Tied for 5th 6th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Qu-bing Ci 6th Kunitaro Yamashita Tied for 5th 7th
Chunichi Dragons Jang-lu Xiang 7th Jang-lu Xiang Tied for 5th 8th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Kijuro Masuda 8th Kijuro Masuda Tied for 5th 9th
Saitama Seibu Lions Hitoshi Ono 9th Iemochi Maekawa 3rd 4th
Yokohama Bay Stars Toyokuni Sugahara 10th Toyokuni Sugahara Tied for 5th 10th
ORIX Buffaloes Yu-wei Qin 11th Yu-wei Qin Tied for 5th 11th
Hanshin Tigers Tatsuzo Suzuki 12th Tatsuzo Suzuki Tied for 5th 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
ORIX Buffaloes Ichizo Hamada 1st Yodo Tashima Tied for 3rd 3rd
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Tekkan Tanaka 2nd Tekkan Tanaka Tied for 3rd 4th
Chiba Lotte Marines Tin-jong Tsung 3rd Tin-jong Tsung Tied for 3rd 5th
Hanshin Tigers Toshikazu Sato 4th Toshikazu Sato Tied for 3rd 6th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Noboru Nishida 5th Noboru Nishida Tied for 3rd 7th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Bo Su-Tu 6th Shunsho Katayama 2nd 2nd
Yokohama Bay Stars Yushiro Sakurai 7th Yushiro Sakurai Tied for 3rd 8th
Yomiuri Giants Ching-wei Shu 8th Cheng-qian Kang Tied for 3rd 9th
Saitama Seibu Lions Gong Tann 9th Gong Tann Tied for 3rd 10th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Shihi Nakashima 10th Shihi Nakashima Tied for 3rd 11th
Chunichi Dragons Qian-gui Pai 11th Morihiro Kondo 1st 1st
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Junji Suzuki 12th Junji Suzuki Tied for 3rd 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saitama Seibu Lions I-tsing Wang 1st I-tsing Wang 1st 1st
Hanshin Tigers Takamasa Kokawa 2nd Takamasa Kokawa 2nd 2nd
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Tomiji Kohara 3rd Tomiji Kohara Tied for 3rd 3rd
ORIX Buffaloes Naosuke Kobayashi 4th Naosuke Kobayashi Tied for 3rd 4th
Yomiuri Giants Suezo Murakami 5th Suezo Murakami Tied for 3rd 5th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Takayuki Oishi 6th Takayuki Oishi Tied for 3rd 6th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Shimpei Fujita 7th Shimpei Fujita Tied for 3rd 7th
Chunichi Dragons José Ramírez 8th José Ramírez Tied for 3rd 8th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hirohisa Kuga Tied for 9th Hirohisa Kuga Tied for 3rd Tied for 9th
Yokohama Bay Stars Masami Sato Tied for 9th Masami Sato Tied for 3rd Tied for 9th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Keisuke Morita 11th Keisuke Morita Tied for 3rd 11th
Chiba Lotte Marines Abdul Rehman Davi 12th Abdul Rehman Davi Tied for 3rd 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saitama Seibu Lions Yan Rossi 1st Yan Rossi Tied for 3rd 3rd
ORIX Buffaloes Kenshin Yagi 2nd Masujiro Miyamoto Tied for 3rd 4th
Yokohama Bay Stars Kyoden Yamamoto 3rd Kyoden Yamamoto Tied for 3rd 5th
Chiba Lotte Marines Tadasu Inoue 4th Tadasu Inoue Tied for 3rd 6th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Michihiro Kaneko 5th Shu-de Liu Tied for 3rd 7th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Tuo-zhou Ow 6th Tuo-zhou Ow Tied for 3rd 8th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Do-hyung Cho 7th Chan-su Ch'o Tied for 3rd 9th
Hanshin Tigers Moromao Inoue 8th Takayuki Nakashima 1st 1st
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Takeshi Matsumoto 9th Takeshi Matsumoto Tied for 3rd 10th
Chunichi Dragons Yoshitoki Sato 10th Yoshitoki Sato Tied for 3rd 11th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Yoshitoki Higuchi Tied for 11th Yoshitoki Higuchi Tied for 3rd 12th
Yomiuri Giants Ke-yong Hsiao Tied for 11th Toshiro Hayagawa 2nd 2nd
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Tadataka Yoshino 1st Tadataka Yoshino Tied for 3rd 2nd
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Shunso Aoyama 2nd Yoichi Kouki 1st 1st
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Takahashi Takahashi 3rd Takahashi Takahashi 2nd 3rd
Chiba Lotte Marines James Magaso 4th James Magaso Tied for 3rd 4th
Chunichi Dragons Izumo Hori 5th Shinzo Uemura Tied for 3rd 5th
Yokohama Bay Stars Kojiro Ojima 6th Kojiro Ojima Tied for 3rd 6th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Zai-shuo Lao 7th Zai-shuo Lao Tied for 3rd 7th
Hanshin Tigers Ban-ki In 8th Ban-ki In Tied for 3rd 8th
ORIX Buffaloes Takeru Kamida 9th Takeru Kamida Tied for 3rd 9th
Saitama Seibu Lions Chang-lit Lung 10th Chang-lit Lung Tied for 3rd 10th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yasuhiro Nishimura 11th Yasuhiro Nishimura Tied for 3rd 11th
Yomiuri Giants Do-hyung Yi 12th Do-hyung Yi Tied for 3rd 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Brady Warren 1st Brady Warren Tied for 2nd 2nd
Yokohama Bay Stars Senichi Nii 2nd Senichi Nii Tied for 2nd 3rd
Yomiuri Giants Kazu Araki 3rd Kazu Araki Tied for 2nd 4th
Chiba Lotte Marines Hikaru Maruyama 4th Hikaru Maruyama Tied for 2nd 5th
ORIX Buffaloes Shoji Ando 5th Shoji Ando Tied for 2nd 6th
Saitama Seibu Lions Roberto Manuel 6th Roberto Manuel Tied for 2nd 7th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Yu-bao Li 7th Tsuyoshi Tamura 1st 1st
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Long Chau 8th Long Chau Tied for 2nd 8th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Juro Ono 9th Juro Ono Tied for 2nd 9th
Hanshin Tigers Harumi Oyama 10th Harumi Oyama Tied for 2nd 10th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Yugoro Ono 11th Yugoro Ono Tied for 2nd 11th
Chunichi Dragons Kei Shibata 12th Kei Shibata Tied for 2nd 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tamotsu Yamashita 1st Tamotsu Yamashita 2nd 2nd
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Sumitomo Suzuki 2nd Sumitomo Suzuki 1st 1st
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Si-dao Chi 3rd Si-dao Chi Tied for 6th 6th
Chunichi Dragons Minoru Katayama 4th Minoru Katayama Tied for 6th 7th
Yokohama Bay Stars Israhel Kirschofer 5th Mokichi Yamamoto 5th 4th
Yomiuri Giants Harumi Yamada 6th Harumi Yamada Tied for 6th 8th
ORIX Buffaloes Kichisaburo Matsunaga 7th Kichisaburo Matsunaga Tied for 6th 9th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Tsuneari Takahashi 8th Sadahige Ageda Tied for 6th 10th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Okura Sato 9th Kojiro Koike 3rd 3rd
Chiba Lotte Marines Shoichi Tanaka 10th Shoichi Tanaka Tied for 6th 11th
Hanshin Tigers Shunso Shini 11th Yoshiaga Kouno 4th 5th
Saitama Seibu Lions Yakumo Oyama 12th Yakumo Oyama Tied for 6th 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yoshiki Sato 1st Yoshiki Sato 9th 7th
Chunichi Dragons Carlos Duarte 2nd Mototsune Suzuki 5th 4th
Chiba Lotte Marines Yeijiro Suzuki 3rd Noburo Sakata 3rd 3rd
Saitama Seibu Lions Saiyid Mashwanis 4th Shoichi Ikeda 10th 9th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Mitsuo Kobayashi 5th Seishiro Aoki 1st 1st
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Sawao Yoshimura 6th Shirai Kamimura 4th 5th
ORIX Buffaloes Szeto Chieu 7th Kenzo Ine 2nd 2nd
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Kung-zheng Zhu 8th Kwang-sik Park 7th 8th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Kyoji Kato 9th Yajirobei Kondo 6th 6th
Yomiuri Giants Arata Shimizu 10th Sadahige Otani 8th 10th
Yokohama Bay Stars Nobukazu Adachi 11th Minoru Watanabe 11th 11th
Hanshin Tigers Takahiro Iwasaki 12th Muneyaki Ohayashi 12th 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Yokohama Bay Stars Kyu-cheol Ch'oe 1st Hiroshi Azuma 7th 4th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Kawanari Uchida 2nd Sumitomo Kondo 4th 3rd
Chunichi Dragons Toyokazu Takahashi 3rd Mototsune Suzuki 2nd 2nd
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Keitaro Ishikawa 4th Ichiro Jouon 5th 5th
Saitama Seibu Lions Tadakuni Takahashi 5th Sachi Sato 3rd 6th
Chiba Lotte Marines Isei Yoshida 6th Shohei Nakayama 1st 1st
Hanshin Tigers Zhi-gang Ai 7th Zhi-gang Ai 8th 7th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yoon-tae P'i Tied for 8th Kazuhiko Nakanishi 6th 8th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Goro Aoyama Tied for 8th Goro Aoyama 9th 9th
ORIX Buffaloes Nam-cheol Kim 10th Yoshifumi Umaba 10th 10th
Yomiuri Giants Chi-hun Yong 11th Chi-hun Yong 11th 11th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Mitsuharu Kokawa 12th Mitsuharu Kokawa 12th 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Chong-su Kwon 1st Chong-su Kwon 6th 3rd
Yokohama Bay Stars Qi-chang Ec 2nd Qi-chang Ec 9th 4th
Yomiuri Giants Naozane Kato 3rd Naozane Kato 8th 6th
Hanshin Tigers An-yi Fok 4th An-yi Fok 7th 7th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Yu-bao Hong 5th Yu-bao Hong Tied for 10th 8th
Chunichi Dragons Yeong-kil Chin 6th Yeong-kil Chin 4th 9th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Keitaro Ishikawa 7th Zhi-peng Fung 3rd 5th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Morihiro Ikeda 8th Kwang-sik Park 2nd 2nd
Chiba Lotte Marines Isei Yoshida 9th Shohei Nakayama 1st 1st
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Shozo Tanaka Tied for 10th Shozo Tanaka 5th 10th
ORIX Buffaloes Hirohisa Kitahara Tied for 10th Hirohisa Kitahara 12th 11th
Saitama Seibu Lions Toshikuni Rin 12th Toshikuni Rin Tied for 10th 12th
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