NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2027
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Yomiuri Giants Shunsho Meshizuka 1st Masakazu Ishikawa Tied for 2nd 2nd
Hanshin Tigers Yoshisada Hara 2nd Yoshisada Hara Tied for 2nd 3rd
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Suezo Yoshikawa 3rd Yasuo Sakamoto Tied for 2nd 4th
Saitama Seibu Lions Yeijiro Sato 4th Hiroaki Kichida Tied for 2nd 5th
Chunichi Dragons Hsui-chuan Fung 5th Ta-heng Kan Tied for 2nd 6th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Oda Saito 6th Naomi Kobayashi Tied for 2nd 7th
Chiba Lotte Marines Da-xia Ta 7th Mun-wah Wa Tied for 2nd 8th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Yoritoki Kouda 8th De-shi Huang Tied for 2nd 9th
Yokohama Bay Stars Tadanobu Ono 9th Anzai Watanabe Tied for 2nd 10th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Toshiharu Sugahara 10th Ogai Ishii Tied for 2nd 11th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Bashir Joyo Tied for 11th Bashir Joyo Tied for 2nd 12th
ORIX Buffaloes Hou Khu Tied for 11th Hou Khu 1st 1st
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Yokohama Bay Stars Masayuki Kimura 1st Masao Sakamoto Tied for 1st 1st
Chiba Lotte Marines Netro Karsumaatmaja 2nd Yoichi Goto Tied for 1st 2nd
Saitama Seibu Lions Liu-chun Zhu 3rd Liu-chun Zhu Tied for 1st 3rd
Hanshin Tigers Mitsuharu Onishi 4th Yasunobu Yamada Tied for 1st 4th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Yoshihiro Suzuki 5th Sozen Gato Tied for 1st 5th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Yoshitoki Kitamura 6th Wing Tai Tied for 1st 6th
ORIX Buffaloes Gui-fan Teng 7th Gui-fan Teng Tied for 1st 7th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Kwang-chih Tieh 8th Kwang-chih Tieh Tied for 1st 8th
Chunichi Dragons Luo-shan Jung 9th Luo-shan Jung Tied for 1st 9th
Yomiuri Giants Akio Ueno 10th Amol Vinit Tied for 1st 10th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Yakumo Takano 11th Yakumo Takano Tied for 1st 11th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Shoji Nishi 12th Shoji Nishi Tied for 1st 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saitama Seibu Lions Toshimichi Kikuchi 1st Toshimichi Kikuchi 1st 1st
Hanshin Tigers Enreecko Jocson 2nd Enreecko Jocson Tied for 2nd 2nd
Chunichi Dragons Shunsen Memoto 3rd Shunsen Memoto Tied for 2nd 3rd
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Yin-fat Deng 4th Yin-fat Deng Tied for 2nd 4th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Hidetsugu Kobayakawa 5th Kojuro Ageda Tied for 2nd 5th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Ryutaro Kitamura 6th Ryutaro Kitamura Tied for 2nd 6th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Fei-hsien Sha 7th Fei-hsien Sha Tied for 2nd 7th
Yomiuri Giants Byung-soo Yi 8th Byung-soo Yi Tied for 2nd 8th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tsuneo Ashizawa 9th Qi-zhen Wang Tied for 2nd 9th
Yokohama Bay Stars Michihiro Oishi 10th Michihiro Oishi Tied for 2nd 10th
Chiba Lotte Marines Ryu Suzuki 11th Ryu Suzuki Tied for 2nd 11th
ORIX Buffaloes 12th Tied for 2nd 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chiba Lotte Marines Guan-cai Huang 1st Guan-cai Huang 1st 1st
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Noriaki Hatsutori 2nd Noriaki Hatsutori Tied for 2nd 2nd
Yokohama Bay Stars Yoshihito Araki 3rd Yoshihito Araki Tied for 2nd 3rd
Saitama Seibu Lions Mao Tu 4th Jhong-shun Hsu Tied for 2nd 4th
Chunichi Dragons Seinosuke Namiki 5th Seinosuke Namiki Tied for 2nd 5th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Jiro Takahashi 6th Jiro Takahashi Tied for 2nd 6th
Yomiuri Giants Namboku Kimura 7th Namboku Kimura Tied for 2nd 7th
ORIX Buffaloes Ryuzaburo Nishiyama 8th Teika Hirano Tied for 2nd 8th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Tanzan Watanabe 9th Tanzan Watanabe Tied for 2nd 9th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yu-shu Liu 10th Kian-tat Ke Tied for 2nd 10th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Shigetoki Kato 11th Shigetoki Kato Tied for 2nd 11th
Hanshin Tigers Tekkan Nishiyama 12th Tekkan Nishiyama Tied for 2nd 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Hiroya Kuroki 1st Hiroya Kuroki 1st 1st
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Tsukasa Kichida 2nd Tsukasa Kichida 2nd 2nd
Yokohama Bay Stars Hisamitsu Kondo 3rd Hisamitsu Kondo Tied for 3rd 3rd
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Yoshii Kubota 4th Yoshii Kubota Tied for 3rd 4th
Yomiuri Giants Sachi Watanabe 5th Sachi Watanabe Tied for 3rd 5th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Purushotham Nandy 6th Purushotham Nandy Tied for 3rd 6th
Saitama Seibu Lions Kijuro Harada 7th Kijuro Harada Tied for 3rd 7th
Chiba Lotte Marines Natsume Makino 8th Natsume Makino Tied for 3rd 8th
Chunichi Dragons Kazuhiko Ono 9th Kazuhiko Ono Tied for 3rd 9th
ORIX Buffaloes Tetsuhiko Nakamura 10th Tetsuhiko Nakamura Tied for 3rd 10th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Muneyaki Ogawa 11th Muneyaki Ogawa Tied for 3rd 11th
Hanshin Tigers Teika Hirano 12th Teika Hirano Tied for 3rd 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Kyung-jin Yun 1st Kyung-jin Yun Tied for 1st 1st
Chunichi Dragons Yoshimochi Takahashi 2nd Yoshimochi Takahashi Tied for 1st 2nd
Hanshin Tigers Jun'ichi Tamura 3rd Jun'ichi Tamura Tied for 1st 3rd
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Chung Lou 4th Chung Lou Tied for 1st 4th
Yokohama Bay Stars Ta-heng Chung 5th Ta-heng Chung Tied for 1st 5th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Kozue Hayashi 6th Chan-seok Yun Tied for 1st 6th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Tadakuni Hayashi 7th Tadakuni Hayashi Tied for 1st 7th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Sakutaro Ota 8th Sakutaro Ota Tied for 1st 8th
Chiba Lotte Marines Hyeon-san Pak 9th Hyeon-san Pak Tied for 1st 9th
ORIX Buffaloes Tokichiro Yasuda 10th Tokichiro Yasuda Tied for 1st 10th
Saitama Seibu Lions Kazunori Watanabe 11th Kazunori Watanabe Tied for 1st 11th
Yomiuri Giants Yoshinori Harada 12th Yoshinori Harada Tied for 1st 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chunichi Dragons Tae-soo Yi 1st Tae-soo Yi 1st 1st
Hanshin Tigers Wei-qiang Ju 2nd Wei-qiang Ju Tied for 2nd 2nd
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Hirotada Ohayashi 3rd Hirotada Ohayashi Tied for 2nd 3rd
Chiba Lotte Marines Hirotsugu Abe 4th Hirotsugu Abe Tied for 2nd 4th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Okakura Masuda 5th Okakura Masuda Tied for 2nd 5th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Tokimasa Ogawa 6th Tokimasa Ogawa Tied for 2nd 6th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Moromao Oshima 7th Moromao Oshima Tied for 2nd 7th
ORIX Buffaloes Takanibu Sato 8th Takanibu Sato Tied for 2nd 8th
Yomiuri Giants Sumiteru Nakagawa 9th Sumiteru Nakagawa Tied for 2nd 9th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Matsu Adachi 10th Matsu Adachi Tied for 2nd 10th
Yokohama Bay Stars Toshikuni Tanaka 11th Toshikuni Tanaka Tied for 2nd 11th
Saitama Seibu Lions Akio Kouki 12th Akio Kouki Tied for 2nd 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Shu-yaan Tian 1st Raúl Prieto Tied for 1st 1st
ORIX Buffaloes Zhuo-cheng Min 2nd Zhuo-cheng Min Tied for 1st 2nd
Chunichi Dragons Nobuharu Ageda 3rd Nobuharu Ageda Tied for 1st 3rd
Chiba Lotte Marines Tsuginori Miura 4th Guo-ning Mei Tied for 1st 4th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Cheung Chen 5th Cheung Chen Tied for 1st 5th
Yokohama Bay Stars Tsuneo Yoshida 6th Robin Flannery Tied for 1st 6th
Hanshin Tigers Yasukazu Tanabe 7th Yasukazu Tanabe Tied for 1st 7th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Seika Ishihara 8th Seika Ishihara Tied for 1st 8th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hidetada Tsuji 9th Hidetada Tsuji Tied for 1st 9th
Saitama Seibu Lions Yuan Shiu 10th Yuan Shiu Tied for 1st 10th
Yomiuri Giants Naohiro Saito 11th Naohiro Saito Tied for 1st 11th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hiroyuki Rin 12th Hiroyuki Rin Tied for 1st 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chunichi Dragons Izumo Ikarashi 1st Izumo Ikarashi 5th 4th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Ding-bong Fong 2nd Noboru Miyamoto 1st 1st
Yomiuri Giants Jin-oh Pak 3rd Iemitsu Shiroi 4th 5th
Yokohama Bay Stars Gui-fan Zhan 4th Takeo Tsuchiya 7th 6th
Chiba Lotte Marines Katsuyuki Noguchi 5th Katsuyuki Noguchi 2nd 2nd
ORIX Buffaloes Tadahisa Minami 6th Tadahisa Minami 10th 7th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yasukazu Kouda 7th Tadaaki Otsuka 9th 8th
Saitama Seibu Lions Yoshii Suzuki 8th Nobuharu Kishita 8th 9th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Eichiro Tanaka 9th Oniji Yamashita 11th 10th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Yakumo Miura 10th Jesús Mora 3rd 3rd
Hanshin Tigers Senzo Asano 11th Hideki Suzuki 12th 11th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Tadayuki Ito 12th Hiroyuki Ishikawa 6th 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
ORIX Buffaloes Kunimichi Suzuki 1st Kunimichi Suzuki 10th 1st
Chiba Lotte Marines Takanibu Koguchi Tied for 2nd Takanibu Koguchi 3rd 4th
Chunichi Dragons Bum-kyoo Hong Tied for 2nd Bum-kyoo Hong 6th 7th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Cheng-gong Wei Tied for 2nd Cheng-gong Wei 7th 8th
Hanshin Tigers Yoriyuki Sakamoto Tied for 2nd Satoru Kato 5th 6th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Kensaku Noguchi Tied for 2nd Kensaku Noguchi Tied for 8th Tied for 9th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Yoshimi Saikawa Tied for 2nd Yoshimi Saikawa 1st 2nd
Saitama Seibu Lions Ju-ho Kim Tied for 2nd Ju-ho Kim 2nd 3rd
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Gandhesa Vipperla Tied for 2nd Gandhesa Vipperla 12th 12th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Shinobu Nakada Tied for 2nd Shinobu Nakada 4th 5th
Yokohama Bay Stars Yuan Ku Tied for 2nd Yuan Ku 11th 11th
Yomiuri Giants Cheng-en King Tied for 2nd Cheng-en King Tied for 8th Tied for 9th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Gang Niu 1st Gang Niu 8th 1st
Hanshin Tigers Tomoyuki Kiyomizu 2nd Tomoyuki Kiyomizu Tied for 10th 2nd
ORIX Buffaloes Lien-ying Mar 3rd Lien-ying Mar Tied for 10th 3rd
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Takeji Wada 4th Takeji Wada 4th 4th
Chiba Lotte Marines Takanibu Koguchi Tied for 5th Takanibu Koguchi 5th 8th
Chunichi Dragons Tadashi Seki Tied for 5th Bum-kyoo Hong 1st 5th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Takeshi Ogasahara Tied for 5th Takeshi Ogasahara 9th 11th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Yoshimi Saikawa Tied for 5th Yoshimi Saikawa 3rd 7th
Saitama Seibu Lions Dhataki Chandrasekaran Tied for 5th Dhataki Chandrasekaran Tied for 6th Tied for 9th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Iwane Kaneko Tied for 5th Iwane Kaneko 12th 12th
Yokohama Bay Stars Taro Endo Tied for 5th Taro Endo Tied for 6th Tied for 9th
Yomiuri Giants Te Shan Tied for 5th Te Shan 2nd 6th
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