NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
12/31/2024
 
CHIBA LOTTE MARINES (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tokutomi Inoue 10th Tokutomi Inoue 5th 11th
First Basemen Cheol-chung Ch'oe 3rd Kunitaro Sato 4th 4th
Second Basemen Tin-jong Tsung 3rd Tin-jong Tsung 3rd 5th
Third Basemen Abdul Rehman Davi 12th Abdul Rehman Davi 3rd 12th
Shortstops Tadasu Inoue 4th Tadasu Inoue 3rd 6th
Left Fielders James Magaso 4th James Magaso 3rd 4th
Center Fielders Hikaru Maruyama 4th Hikaru Maruyama 2nd 5th
Right Fielders Shoichi Tanaka 10th Shoichi Tanaka 6th 11th
Starting Pitchers Yeijiro Suzuki 3rd Noburo Sakata 3rd 3rd
Relievers Isei Yoshida 6th Shohei Nakayama 1st 1st
Closers Isei Yoshida 9th Shohei Nakayama 1st 1st
CHUNICHI DRAGONS (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Motoki Ogura 8th Shunsho Takahashi Tied for 5th 9th
First Basemen Jang-lu Xiang 7th Jang-lu Xiang 5th 8th
Second Basemen Qian-gui Pai 11th Morihiro Kondo 1st 1st
Third Basemen José Ramírez 8th José Ramírez Tied for 3rd 8th
Shortstops Yoshitoki Sato 10th Yoshitoki Sato Tied for 3rd 11th
Left Fielders Izumo Hori 5th Shinzo Uemura Tied for 3rd 5th
Center Fielders Kei Shibata 12th Kei Shibata Tied for 2nd 12th
Right Fielders Minoru Katayama 4th Minoru Katayama Tied for 6th 7th
Starting Pitchers Carlos Duarte 2nd Mototsune Suzuki 5th 4th
Relievers Toyokazu Takahashi 3rd Mototsune Suzuki 2nd 2nd
Closers Yeong-kil Chin 6th Yeong-kil Chin 4th 9th
FUKUOKA SOFTBANK HAWKS (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Matsu Watanabe 9th Sotaro Matsunaga Tied for 5th 10th
First Basemen Aftab Mengal 1st Aftab Mengal 1st 1st
Second Basemen Noboru Nishida 5th Noboru Nishida Tied for 3rd 7th
Third Basemen Hirohisa Kuga 9th Hirohisa Kuga Tied for 3rd 9th
Shortstops Tuo-zhou Ow 6th Tuo-zhou Ow Tied for 3rd 8th
Left Fielders Takahashi Takahashi 3rd Takahashi Takahashi 2nd 3rd
Center Fielders Long Chau 8th Long Chau Tied for 2nd 8th
Right Fielders Si-dao Chi 3rd Si-dao Chi Tied for 6th 6th
Starting Pitchers Mitsuo Kobayashi 5th Seishiro Aoki 1st 1st
Relievers Keitaro Ishikawa 4th Ichiro Jouon 5th 6th
Closers Keitaro Ishikawa 7th Zhi-peng Fung 3rd 3rd
HANSHIN TIGERS (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Bhavadatta Shubhabrata 6th Bhavadatta Shubhabrata Tied for 5th 7th
First Basemen Tatsuzo Suzuki 12th Tatsuzo Suzuki Tied for 5th 12th
Second Basemen Toshikazu Sato 4th Toshikazu Sato Tied for 3rd 6th
Third Basemen Takamasa Kokawa 2nd Takamasa Kokawa 2nd 2nd
Shortstops Moromao Inoue 8th Takayuki Nakashima 1st 1st
Left Fielders Ban-ki In 8th Ban-ki In Tied for 3rd 8th
Center Fielders Harumi Oyama 10th Harumi Oyama Tied for 2nd 10th
Right Fielders Shunso Shini 11th Yoshiaga Kouno 4th 4th
Starting Pitchers Takahiro Iwasaki 12th Muneyaki Ohayashi 12th 12th
Relievers Zhi-gang Ai 7th Zhi-gang Ai 8th 8th
Closers An-yi Fok 4th An-yi Fok 7th 7th
HIROSHIMA TOYO CARP (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Takuro Kichikawa Tied for 6th Eiichi Nakamura Tied for 5th Tied for 7th
First Basemen Kijuro Masuda 8th Kijuro Masuda Tied for 5th 9th
Second Basemen Bo Su-Tu 6th Shunsho Katayama 2nd 2nd
Third Basemen Shimpei Fujita 7th Shimpei Fujita Tied for 3rd 7th
Shortstops Michihiro Kaneko 5th Shu-de Liu Tied for 3rd 7th
Left Fielders Yasuhiro Nishimura 11th Yasuhiro Nishimura Tied for 3rd 11th
Center Fielders Juro Ono 9th Juro Ono Tied for 2nd 9th
Right Fielders Okura Sato 9th Kojiro Koike 3rd 3rd
Starting Pitchers Yoshiki Sato 1st Yoshiki Sato 9th 8th
Relievers Yoon-tae P'i 8th Kazuhiko Nakanishi 6th 7th
Closers Shozo Tanaka 10th Shozo Tanaka 5th 10th
HOKKAIDO NIPPON-HAM FIGHTERS (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tetsuzan Araki 1st Tetsuzan Araki 1st 1st
First Basemen Qu-bing Ci 6th Kunitaro Yamashita Tied for 5th 7th
Second Basemen Shihi Nakashima 10th Shihi Nakashima Tied for 3rd 11th
Third Basemen Keisuke Morita 11th Keisuke Morita Tied for 3rd 11th
Shortstops Do-hyung Cho 7th Chan-su Ch'o Tied for 3rd 9th
Left Fielders Tadataka Yoshino 1st Tadataka Yoshino Tied for 3rd 2nd
Center Fielders Yugoro Ono 11th Yugoro Ono Tied for 2nd 11th
Right Fielders Sumitomo Suzuki 2nd Sumitomo Suzuki 1st 1st
Starting Pitchers Kyoji Kato 9th Yajirobei Kondo 6th 6th
Relievers Goro Aoyama Tied for 8th Goro Aoyama 9th 9th
Closers Yu-bao Hong 5th Yu-bao Hong 10th 8th
ORIX BUFFALOES (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers He-ping Chiu 11th Motonobu Imamura Tied for 5th 12th
First Basemen Yu-wei Qin 11th Yu-wei Qin Tied for 5th 11th
Second Basemen Ichizo Hamada 1st Yodo Tashima Tied for 3rd 3rd
Third Basemen Naosuke Kobayashi 4th Naosuke Kobayashi Tied for 3rd 4th
Shortstops Kenshin Yagi 2nd Masujiro Miyamoto Tied for 3rd 4th
Left Fielders Takeru Kamida 9th Takeru Kamida Tied for 3rd 9th
Center Fielders Shoji Ando 5th Shoji Ando Tied for 2nd 6th
Right Fielders Kichisaburo Matsunaga 7th Kichisaburo Matsunaga Tied for 6th 9th
Starting Pitchers Szeto Chieu 7th Kenzo Ine 2nd 2nd
Relievers Nam-cheol Kim 10th Yoshifumi Umaba 10th 10th
Closers Hirohisa Kitahara Tied for 10th Hirohisa Kitahara 12th 11th
SAITAMA SEIBU LIONS (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Naohiro Ota 12th Mitsuhide Takahashi 4th 4th
First Basemen Hitoshi Ono 9th Iemochi Maekawa 3rd 3rd
Second Basemen Gong Tann 9th Gong Tann Tied for 3rd 10th
Third Basemen I-tsing Wang 1st I-tsing Wang 1st 1st
Shortstops Yan Rossi 1st Yan Rossi Tied for 3rd 3rd
Left Fielders Chang-lit Lung 10th Chang-lit Lung Tied for 3rd 10th
Center Fielders Roberto Manuel 6th Roberto Manuel Tied for 2nd 7th
Right Fielders Yakumo Oyama 12th Yakumo Oyama Tied for 6th 12th
Starting Pitchers Saiyid Mashwanis 4th Shoichi Ikeda 10th 9th
Relievers Tadakuni Takahashi 5th Sachi Sato 3rd 5th
Closers Toshikuni Rin 12th Toshikuni Rin Tied for 10th 12th
TOHOKU RAKUTEN GOLDEN EAGLES (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Morihiro Yamasaki 3rd Morihiro Yamasaki Tied for 5th 5th
First Basemen Khai Sui 4th Noritada Yoshida Tied for 5th 5th
Second Basemen Junji Suzuki 12th Junji Suzuki Tied for 3rd 12th
Third Basemen Takayuki Oishi 6th Takayuki Oishi Tied for 3rd 6th
Shortstops Yoshitoki Higuchi 11th Yoshitoki Higuchi Tied for 3rd 12th
Left Fielders Zai-shuo Lao 7th Zai-shuo Lao Tied for 3rd 7th
Center Fielders Yu-bao Li 7th Tsuyoshi Tamura 1st 1st
Right Fielders Tamotsu Yamashita 1st Tamotsu Yamashita 2nd 2nd
Starting Pitchers Sawao Yoshimura 6th Shirai Kamimura 4th 5th
Relievers Kawanari Uchida 2nd Sumitomo Kondo 4th 3rd
Closers Chong-su Kwon 1st Chong-su Kwon 6th 4th
TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Kadambi Patterjee 4th Nakamaro Sekine Tied for 5th 6th
First Basemen Kimi Kokura 2nd Kimi Kokura 2nd 2nd
Second Basemen Tekkan Tanaka 2nd Tekkan Tanaka Tied for 3rd 4th
Third Basemen Tomiji Kohara 3rd Tomiji Kohara Tied for 3rd 3rd
Shortstops Takeshi Matsumoto 9th Takeshi Matsumoto Tied for 3rd 10th
Left Fielders Shunso Aoyama 2nd Yoichi Kouki 1st 1st
Center Fielders Brady Warren 1st Brady Warren Tied for 2nd 2nd
Right Fielders Tsuneari Takahashi 8th Sadahige Ageda Tied for 6th 10th
Starting Pitchers Kung-zheng Zhu 8th Kwang-sik Park 7th 7th
Relievers Mitsuharu Kokawa 12th Mitsuharu Kokawa 12th 12th
Closers Morihiro Ikeda 8th Kwang-sik Park 2nd 2nd
YOKOHAMA BAY STARS (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Hongwu Huang 2nd Hongwu Huang 2nd 2nd
First Basemen Toyokuni Sugahara 10th Toyokuni Sugahara Tied for 5th 10th
Second Basemen Yushiro Sakurai 7th Yushiro Sakurai Tied for 3rd 8th
Third Basemen Masami Sato Tied for 9th Masami Sato Tied for 3rd Tied for 9th
Shortstops Kyoden Yamamoto 3rd Kyoden Yamamoto Tied for 3rd 5th
Left Fielders Kojiro Ojima 6th Kojiro Ojima Tied for 3rd 6th
Center Fielders Senichi Nii 2nd Senichi Nii Tied for 2nd 3rd
Right Fielders Israhel Kirschofer 5th Mokichi Yamamoto 5th 5th
Starting Pitchers Nobukazu Adachi 11th Minoru Watanabe 11th 11th
Relievers Kyu-cheol Ch'oe 1st Hiroshi Azuma 7th 4th
Closers Qi-chang Ec 2nd Qi-chang Ec 9th 5th
YOMIURI GIANTS (COL) 12/31/2024
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Kyung-tae Ch'oe 5th Chang-heui Kyon 3rd 3rd
First Basemen Ryunosuke Nakagawa 5th Ryunosuke Nakagawa Tied for 5th 6th
Second Basemen Ching-wei Shu 8th Cheng-qian Kang Tied for 3rd 9th
Third Basemen Suezo Murakami 5th Suezo Murakami Tied for 3rd 5th
Shortstops Ke-yong Hsiao Tied for 11th Toshiro Hayagawa 2nd 2nd
Left Fielders Do-hyung Yi 12th Do-hyung Yi Tied for 3rd 12th
Center Fielders Kazu Araki 3rd Kazu Araki Tied for 2nd 4th
Right Fielders Harumi Yamada 6th Harumi Yamada Tied for 6th 8th
Starting Pitchers Arata Shimizu 10th Sadahige Otani 8th 10th
Relievers Chi-hun Yong 11th Chi-hun Yong 11th 11th
Closers Naozane Kato 3rd Naozane Kato 8th 6th
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