NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
12/31/2025
 
CHIBA LOTTE MARINES (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers 1st Ryoma Hirano 11th 11th
First Basemen 1st Cheol-chung Ch'oe 8th 8th
Second Basemen 1st Aki Miyakawa 6th 6th
Third Basemen 1st Ki-moon Pak 1st 1st
Shortstops Tadahisa Nakada 2nd Yo Luo 2nd 2nd
Left Fielders 1st Kyoichi Ohayashi 9th 9th
Center Fielders 1st Seinosuke Kamida 4th 4th
Right Fielders 1st Mitsuharu Kishita 6th 6th
Starting Pitchers Zhen-ying Tze 3rd Tokutomi Nishida 1st 1st
Relievers 1st Naomi Yoshida 1st 1st
Closers 1st Kozue Kubo 7th 7th
CHUNICHI DRAGONS (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Motoki Ohayashi 3rd 3rd
First Basemen Tied for 1st Kenzaburo Miura 1st 1st
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Ryuichi Motsuzuki 3rd 3rd
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Kanzaburo Inoue 12th 12th
Shortstops Tied for 2nd Tsugiharu Fukuda 7th 7th
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Masayuki Maruyama 12th 12th
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Mitsunari Yamamoto 1st 1st
Right Fielders Tied for 1st Mamoru Nishikawa 10th 10th
Starting Pitchers Shunso Sato 6th Goro Ota 8th 8th
Relievers Richello Paloma Tied for 1st Seiji Hoshino 7th 7th
Closers Richello Paloma Tied for 1st Shoin Ikarashi 3rd 3rd
FUKUOKA SOFTBANK HAWKS (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Joo-hyun Ch'oe 10th 10th
First Basemen Shinichi Tanaka Tied for 1st Tetsunori Ito 5th 5th
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Noboru Nishida 8th 8th
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Momoru Ito 2nd 2nd
Shortstops Tied for 2nd Xue-liang Jian 11th 11th
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Takahashi Takahashi 5th 5th
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Kosami Ishii 8th 8th
Right Fielders Tied for 1st Lian-wei Khu 1st 1st
Starting Pitchers Shao-zu Da 8th Harumi Nakashima 12th 12th
Relievers Tied for 1st Mito Kokura 8th 8th
Closers Tied for 1st Yuan Ts'ai 6th 6th
HANSHIN TIGERS (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Takayuki Aoki 12th 12th
First Basemen Tied for 1st Shichirobei Shimizu 9th 9th
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Yoritoki Nakashima 5th 5th
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Jun Si 10th 10th
Shortstops Tied for 2nd Shojiro Watanabe 1st 1st
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Masayoshi Hayagawa 1st 1st
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Kiyoshi Ito 12th 12th
Right Fielders Tied for 1st Yodo Nomura 8th 8th
Starting Pitchers Darbha Krishnamma 1st Kagetoki Ohayashi 4th 4th
Relievers Tied for 1st Hiroji Fukushima 11th 11th
Closers Tied for 1st Matsuta Nakagawa 12th 12th
HIROSHIMA TOYO CARP (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Noriyuki Miyamoto 1st 1st
First Basemen Tied for 1st Jiao-long Siew 11th 11th
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Hae-weon Han 4th 4th
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Narihari Matsuura 8th 8th
Shortstops Yoshi Takaki Tied for 2nd Junji Kichida 8th 8th
Left Fielders Kosho Fujita Tied for 1st Kosho Fujita 3rd 3rd
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Eiichi Kobayashi 6th 6th
Right Fielders Tied for 1st Seung-hwan Park 12th 12th
Starting Pitchers 9th Hirotada Nan 2nd 3rd
Relievers Tied for 1st Tekkan Murata 10th 10th
Closers Tied for 1st Yu-xing Law 1st 1st
HOKKAIDO NIPPON-HAM FIGHTERS (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Koji Inoue 6th 6th
First Basemen Tied for 1st Hideki Matsumoto 12th 12th
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Ichiro Oishi 2nd 2nd
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Yang Xing 9th 9th
Shortstops Taisho Chikafuji Tied for 2nd Nobuhiko Kumagai 3rd 3rd
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Seung-jun Pi 10th 10th
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Satoshi Suzuki 5th 5th
Right Fielders Tsuginori Sasaki Tied for 1st Tsuginori Sasaki 3rd 3rd
Starting Pitchers Tied for 9th Jit wei Duan 9th 9th
Relievers Tied for 1st Mabuchi Ine 12th 12th
Closers Tied for 1st Jan Muhammad Khattak 8th 8th
ORIX BUFFALOES (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Katsumi Shini 4th 4th
First Basemen Tied for 1st Su-hyeon Pak 10th 10th
Second Basemen Tadanobu Sawada Tied for 1st Tadanobu Sawada 1st 1st
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Gen Kimura 3rd 3rd
Shortstops Ryutaro Murakami Tied for 2nd Ryutaro Murakami 9th 9th
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Hsueh-liang Nan 8th 8th
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Tokimune Sekiguchi 10th 10th
Right Fielders Tied for 1st Masatake Kawashima 7th 7th
Starting Pitchers Tied for 9th Masamichi Takahashi 10th 11th
Relievers Tied for 1st Tabito Maekawa 5th 5th
Closers Tied for 1st Hiroharu Kodama 10th 10th
SAITAMA SEIBU LIONS (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Guo-xiu Ran 7th 7th
First Basemen Tied for 1st Tomokazu Mori 6th 6th
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Teinosuke Imai 10th 10th
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Qing-lai Thien 4th 4th
Shortstops Tied for 2nd Jin-man Kangjon 12th 12th
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Toyonobu Ojima 2nd 2nd
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Putra Kathirithamby 2nd 2nd
Right Fielders Tied for 1st Hyo-chin Ch'oe 9th 9th
Starting Pitchers Terao Hayagawa 5th Shunsen Matsumoto 6th 6th
Relievers Katai Suto Tied for 1st Katai Suto 2nd 2nd
Closers Katai Suto Tied for 1st Katai Suto 2nd 2nd
TOHOKU RAKUTEN GOLDEN EAGLES (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Morihiro Yamasaki 2nd 2nd
First Basemen Tied for 1st Yasujiro Iitsuka 3rd 3rd
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Tamotsu Sakai 11th 11th
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Fu-po Tseng 11th 11th
Shortstops Xiong Liu Tied for 2nd Katsumoto Mori 4th 4th
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Teruo Suzuki 6th 6th
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Aki Daijo 3rd 3rd
Right Fielders Tied for 1st Tamotsu Yamashita 2nd 2nd
Starting Pitchers Ienobu Nishimura 4th Hyeon-san Yi 11th 10th
Relievers Tied for 1st Takuya Masuda 4th 4th
Closers Tied for 1st Kawanari Uchida 5th 5th
TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Kiyonaga Kawaguchi 5th 5th
First Basemen Kenshin Kawai Tied for 1st Feng-linag Tze 7th 7th
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Yasuhiro Oshima 12th 12th
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Tomiji Kohara 7th 7th
Shortstops Tied for 2nd Yoshihito Higuchi 6th 6th
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Sakutaro Okada 4th 4th
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Tong-sik An 11th 11th
Right Fielders Tied for 1st Fa-hsien Fang 11th 11th
Starting Pitchers Junnosuke Nakamura 7th Mitsukuni Kudo 3rd 2nd
Relievers Junnosuke Nakamura Tied for 1st Taisuke Iwasaki 6th 6th
Closers Junnosuke Nakamura Tied for 1st Noriaki Memoto 9th 9th
YOKOHAMA BAY STARS (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Nam-cheol Pak 8th 8th
First Basemen Tied for 1st Matsudaira Sato 4th 4th
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Shun'ichi Nakashima 9th 9th
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Yok-sing Mah 5th 5th
Shortstops Naonobu Honda 1st Jing-yu Ju 5th 5th
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Kuemon Samurakami 7th 7th
Center Fielders Pao-tzu Mei Tied for 1st Pao-tzu Mei 9th 9th
Right Fielders Tied for 1st Ienobu Kimura 4th 4th
Starting Pitchers Tied for 9th Yasuyuki Tezuka 7th 7th
Relievers Tied for 1st Takuro Osada 3rd 3rd
Closers Tied for 1st Gah-fat Xi 4th 4th
YOMIURI GIANTS (COL) 12/31/2025
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tied for 1st Shinsaku Yamasaki 9th 9th
First Basemen Tied for 1st Takanobu Kawamura 2nd 2nd
Second Basemen Tied for 1st Satoru Yamashita 7th 7th
Third Basemen Tied for 1st Motoki Hayakawa 6th 6th
Shortstops Tied for 2nd Kinji Ando 10th 10th
Left Fielders Tied for 1st Jin-woo Wu 11th 11th
Center Fielders Tied for 1st Shino Kikuchi 7th 7th
Right Fielders Yasujiro Okawa Tied for 1st Kunihiko Ito 5th 5th
Starting Pitchers Dae-ki Kim 2nd Sawao Daikawa 5th 5th
Relievers Tied for 1st Koyo Kurohiko 9th 9th
Closers Tied for 1st Yun-soo Pae 11th 11th
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