NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
12/31/2026
 
CHIBA LOTTE MARINES (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Takehide Yamasaki 9th Yasukazu Mashiba 4th 9th
First Basemen Chee-hwa Zhang 12th Chee-hwa Zhang 4th 12th
Second Basemen Isao Tanaka 3rd Isao Tanaka 2nd 3rd
Third Basemen Guan-cai Huang 3rd Sung-min Im 3rd 4th
Shortstops Katsumi Hirose 11th Katsumi Hirose 1st 11th
Left Fielders Kyoichi Ohayashi 1st Kyoichi Ohayashi 1st 1st
Center Fielders 11th 1st 11th
Right Fielders 9th 1st 9th
Starting Pitchers Koshiro Ohayashi 1st Koshiro Ohayashi 1st 1st
Relievers Ryuichi Yoshida 5th Ryuichi Yoshida 10th 10th
Closers Munemori Abe 2nd Munemori Abe 11th 3rd
CHUNICHI DRAGONS (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Kakuzo Maekawa 6th Kakuzo Maekawa Tied for 4th 6th
First Basemen Sadakuno Sasaki 4th Sadakuno Sasaki Tied for 4th 4th
Second Basemen Tetsui Nemoto 6th Tetsui Nemoto Tied for 2nd 6th
Third Basemen Mokichi Koumura 6th Mokichi Koumura Tied for 3rd 7th
Shortstops Atsushi Sugita 4th Atsushi Sugita Tied for 1st 4th
Left Fielders Dharmaghosa Sudarsan 11th Dharmaghosa Sudarsan 2nd 11th
Center Fielders Tae-soo Yi 2nd Tae-soo Yi Tied for 1st 2nd
Right Fielders Mitsuhide Kurota 3rd Mitsuhide Kurota Tied for 1st 3rd
Starting Pitchers Nobuharu Fujita 2nd Tetsuzan Ono 2nd 2nd
Relievers Ippei Kichikawa Tied for 5th Ippei Kichikawa 9th 9th
Closers Motonobu Okumura 3rd Motonobu Okumura 8th 2nd
FUKUOKA SOFTBANK HAWKS (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Toshinobu Seki 4th Kenshin Yamasaki Tied for 4th 4th
First Basemen Chong-yee Huang 1st Chong-yee Huang 1st 1st
Second Basemen Hikaru Tashima 10th Hikaru Tashima Tied for 2nd 10th
Third Basemen Taisuke Ono 10th Taisuke Ono Tied for 3rd 10th
Shortstops Matsudaira Shimada 2nd Matsudaira Shimada Tied for 1st 2nd
Left Fielders 12th Tied for 2nd 12th
Center Fielders Tied for 11th Tied for 1st Tied for 11th
Right Fielders Lu-shan Dung 6th Lu-shan Dung Tied for 1st 6th
Starting Pitchers Ken Morita 12th Ken Morita 4th 12th
Relievers Gu Feng Tied for 5th Nobukazu Yoshida 6th 7th
Closers Yoshimochi Chikuda 1st Yoshimochi Chikuda 5th 1st
HANSHIN TIGERS (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Fu-Kang Woo 7th Joo-hyun Kim Tied for 4th 7th
First Basemen Takane Nomura 5th Takane Nomura Tied for 4th 5th
Second Basemen Yoshiki Ikarashi 8th Kiyonaga Kataoka Tied for 2nd 8th
Third Basemen Yoshihiro Takahashi Tied for 3rd Yoshihiro Takahashi Tied for 3rd Tied for 4th
Shortstops Shigenaga Fujita 9th Shigenaga Fujita Tied for 1st 9th
Left Fielders Xu-gang Qiu 9th Xu-gang Qiu Tied for 2nd 9th
Center Fielders Munenori Kimura 7th Munenori Kimura Tied for 1st 7th
Right Fielders Tied for 9th Tied for 1st Tied for 9th
Starting Pitchers Dae-je Kwak 3rd Peng Zhi 11th 3rd
Relievers Kazuo Hori Tied for 5th Katsumi Yamasaki 2nd 5th
Closers Katsumi Yamasaki 8th Katsumi Yamasaki 7th 10th
HIROSHIMA TOYO CARP (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Toshiro Hasegawa 11th Toshiro Hasegawa Tied for 4th 11th
First Basemen Tadanobu Yamada 8th Tadanobu Yamada Tied for 4th 8th
Second Basemen Yun-qi Huang 12th Yun-qi Huang Tied for 2nd 12th
Third Basemen Shao-zu Jung 9th Narihari Matsuura 2nd 2nd
Shortstops Noor Osmani 8th Noor Osmani Tied for 1st 8th
Left Fielders Tsuneyo Kawai 5th Tsuneyo Kawai Tied for 2nd 5th
Center Fielders Zhao-ji Men 9th Zhao-ji Men Tied for 1st 9th
Right Fielders Sakutaro Watanabe 5th Sakutaro Watanabe Tied for 1st 5th
Starting Pitchers Takashi Toru 6th Masamichi Uchida 12th 9th
Relievers Okakura Maeda Tied for 5th Okakura Maeda 11th 11th
Closers Rikyu Sato Tied for 8th Rikyu Sato 12th 12th
HOKKAIDO NIPPON-HAM FIGHTERS (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Ryuichi Kobayashi 5th Sadao Ono Tied for 4th 5th
First Basemen Yasunari Ichikawa 11th Yasunari Ichikawa Tied for 4th 11th
Second Basemen Yang Xing 1st Yang Xing 1st 1st
Third Basemen Shinji Kakuta 2nd Shinji Kakuta Tied for 3rd 3rd
Shortstops Tsukasa Kichida 6th Tsukasa Kichida Tied for 1st 6th
Left Fielders Hideki Sakamoto 6th Hideki Sakamoto Tied for 2nd 6th
Center Fielders Toyoshige Morishita 3rd Toyoshige Morishita Tied for 1st 3rd
Right Fielders Katsunan Kumatani 7th Katsunan Kumatani Tied for 1st 7th
Starting Pitchers Deug-yeom Park 7th Deug-yeom Park 10th 7th
Relievers Suezo Koike 4th Tsugiharu Oda 7th 4th
Closers Hideyoshi Kawamura 5th Hideyoshi Kawamura 10th 6th
ORIX BUFFALOES (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Xiao-shuang Xing 3rd Xiao-shuang Xing 2nd 3rd
First Basemen Su-hyeon Pak 2nd Su-hyeon Pak 2nd 2nd
Second Basemen Kiyoshi Shinohara 4th Kiyoshi Shinohara Tied for 2nd 4th
Third Basemen Shunso Sato 7th Shunso Sato Tied for 3rd 8th
Shortstops Ichiyo Yano 1st Ichiyo Yano Tied for 1st 1st
Left Fielders Kiyomori Takahashi 10th Kiyomori Takahashi Tied for 2nd 10th
Center Fielders Noriaki Sanu 10th Noriaki Sanu Tied for 1st 10th
Right Fielders Yoriyuki Hirai 2nd Yoriyuki Hirai Tied for 1st 2nd
Starting Pitchers Tsuneyo Kichikawa 4th Dae-il Chon 7th 5th
Relievers Ah-cy Jian 1st Ah-cy Jian 3rd 2nd
Closers Kenji Ito 7th Kenji Ito 2nd 7th
SAITAMA SEIBU LIONS (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Sang-your Park 2nd Sang-your Park 3rd 2nd
First Basemen Isamu Hashimoto 9th Isamu Hashimoto Tied for 4th 9th
Second Basemen Toshimichi Kikuchi 7th Ángel Mendoza Tied for 2nd 7th
Third Basemen Tadamasa Furukawa 8th Tadamasa Furukawa Tied for 3rd 9th
Shortstops Hisamitsu Uchiyama 12th Hisamitsu Uchiyama Tied for 1st 12th
Left Fielders Tatsuya Kobayashi 2nd Tatsuya Kobayashi Tied for 2nd 2nd
Center Fielders Xing-hua Chiu 1st Xing-hua Chiu Tied for 1st 1st
Right Fielders Nathan Winslade 1st Nathan Winslade Tied for 1st 1st
Starting Pitchers Kazuhiro Kamida 10th Kazuhiro Kamida Tied for 4th 8th
Relievers Du-sung Ku Tied for 5th Du-sung Ku Tied for 7th 8th
Closers Toichi Kato Tied for 8th Toichi Kato Tied for 8th 11th
TOHOKU RAKUTEN GOLDEN EAGLES (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Morihiro Yamasaki 1st Morihiro Yamasaki 1st 1st
First Basemen Juro Sato 10th Juro Sato Tied for 4th 10th
Second Basemen Hen-to Jing 11th Hen-to Jing Tied for 2nd 11th
Third Basemen 11th Tied for 3rd 11th
Shortstops Tadahisa Samurakami 7th Tadahisa Samurakami Tied for 1st 7th
Left Fielders Jang-lu Bei 4th Jang-lu Bei Tied for 2nd 4th
Center Fielders Shohei Horiuchi 8th Shohei Horiuchi Tied for 1st 8th
Right Fielders Tied for 9th Tied for 1st Tied for 9th
Starting Pitchers Kiyohira Yokoyama Tied for 4th Suk-jin Hwang 6th 4th
Relievers Shunsen Takahashi Tied for 5th Shunsen Takahashi 12th 12th
Closers Toshinobu Kanemura Tied for 8th Toshinobu Kanemura 1st 8th
TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tsukasa Ito 12th Tsukasa Ito Tied for 4th 12th
First Basemen Shinji Onishi 7th Shinji Onishi Tied for 4th 7th
Second Basemen Akihiro Kataoka 5th Akihiro Kataoka Tied for 2nd 5th
Third Basemen Tied for 11th Tied for 3rd Tied for 11th
Shortstops Hiroya Kuroki 3rd Hiroya Kuroki Tied for 1st 3rd
Left Fielders Yohachi Mori 8th Yohachi Mori Tied for 2nd 8th
Center Fielders Soh Matsumoto 5th Soh Matsumoto Tied for 1st 5th
Right Fielders Chia-kang Duan Tied for 3rd Chia-kang Duan Tied for 1st Tied for 3rd
Starting Pitchers Noboru Miyamoto 8th Kakuzo Hoshino 3rd 6th
Relievers Nakamaro Takahashi 2nd Nakamaro Takahashi 1st 1st
Closers Nakamaro Takahashi 4th Nakamaro Takahashi 3rd 4th
YOKOHAMA BAY STARS (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Wei Mei 8th Wei Mei Tied for 4th 8th
First Basemen Wu-ti Ong 3rd Wu-ti Ong 3rd 3rd
Second Basemen Yu Jin 9th Yu Jin Tied for 2nd 9th
Third Basemen Takehide Sasaki 5th Takehide Sasaki Tied for 3rd 6th
Shortstops Ryunosuke Uchida 5th Ryunosuke Uchida Tied for 1st 5th
Left Fielders Tatsukichi Baba 3rd Tatsukichi Baba Tied for 2nd 3rd
Center Fielders Dae-jung Park 6th Dae-jung Park Tied for 1st 6th
Right Fielders Tied for 9th Tied for 1st Tied for 9th
Starting Pitchers Naganori Naito 11th Masaru Jouda 9th 11th
Relievers Isei Kamida Tied for 5th Shumei Ito 5th 6th
Closers Tokuhei Yano 6th Tokuhei Yano 4th 5th
YOMIURI GIANTS (COL) 12/31/2026
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tsugiharu Kozawa 10th Kiyohira Miura Tied for 4th 10th
First Basemen Nakamaro Fukuda 6th Nakamaro Fukuda Tied for 4th 6th
Second Basemen Sotatsu Kajitani 2nd Sotatsu Kajitani Tied for 2nd 2nd
Third Basemen Motoki Hayakawa 1st Motoki Hayakawa 1st 1st
Shortstops Katsumi Mochizuki 10th Katsumi Mochizuki Tied for 1st 10th
Left Fielders Jou Hayashi 7th Jou Hayashi Tied for 2nd 7th
Center Fielders Kenko Hori 4th Kenko Hori Tied for 1st 4th
Right Fielders Lao-che Qin 8th Lao-che Qin Tied for 1st 8th
Starting Pitchers Gwang-oo Han 9th Jun Sasaki 8th 10th
Relievers Sun Zhou 3rd Tanyu Okada 4th 3rd
Closers Mokichi Ono Tied for 8th Mokichi Ono Tied for 5th 9th
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