NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
12/31/2027
 
CHIBA LOTTE MARINES (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Da-xia Ta 7th Mun-wah Wa 2nd 8th
First Basemen Netro Karsumaatmaja 2nd Yoichi Goto 1st 2nd
Second Basemen Ryu Suzuki 11th Ryu Suzuki 2nd 11th
Third Basemen Guan-cai Huang 1st Guan-cai Huang 1st 1st
Shortstops Natsume Makino 8th Natsume Makino 3rd 8th
Left Fielders Hyeon-san Pak 9th Hyeon-san Pak 1st 9th
Center Fielders Hirotsugu Abe 4th Hirotsugu Abe 2nd 4th
Right Fielders Tsuginori Miura 4th Guo-ning Mei 1st 4th
Starting Pitchers Katsuyuki Noguchi 5th Katsuyuki Noguchi 2nd 2nd
Relievers Takanibu Koguchi 2nd Takanibu Koguchi 3rd 4th
Closers Takanibu Koguchi 5th Takanibu Koguchi 5th 8th
CHUNICHI DRAGONS (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Hsui-chuan Fung 5th Ta-heng Kan Tied for 2nd 6th
First Basemen Luo-shan Jung 9th Luo-shan Jung Tied for 1st 9th
Second Basemen Shunsen Memoto 3rd Shunsen Memoto Tied for 2nd 3rd
Third Basemen Seinosuke Namiki 5th Seinosuke Namiki 2nd 5th
Shortstops Kazuhiko Ono 9th Kazuhiko Ono Tied for 3rd 9th
Left Fielders Yoshimochi Takahashi 2nd Yoshimochi Takahashi Tied for 1st 2nd
Center Fielders Tae-soo Yi 1st Tae-soo Yi 1st 1st
Right Fielders Nobuharu Ageda 3rd Nobuharu Ageda Tied for 1st 3rd
Starting Pitchers Izumo Ikarashi 1st Izumo Ikarashi 5th 4th
Relievers Bum-kyoo Hong Tied for 2nd Bum-kyoo Hong 6th 7th
Closers Tadashi Seki Tied for 5th Bum-kyoo Hong 1st 5th
FUKUOKA SOFTBANK HAWKS (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Yoritoki Kouda 8th De-shi Huang Tied for 2nd 9th
First Basemen Yakumo Takano 11th Yakumo Takano Tied for 1st 11th
Second Basemen Yin-fat Deng 4th Yin-fat Deng Tied for 2nd 4th
Third Basemen Noriaki Hatsutori 2nd Noriaki Hatsutori Tied for 2nd 2nd
Shortstops Yoshii Kubota 4th Yoshii Kubota Tied for 3rd 4th
Left Fielders Kozue Hayashi 6th Chan-seok Yun Tied for 1st 6th
Center Fielders Matsu Adachi 10th Matsu Adachi Tied for 2nd 10th
Right Fielders Hiroyuki Rin 12th Hiroyuki Rin Tied for 1st 12th
Starting Pitchers Tadayuki Ito 12th Hiroyuki Ishikawa 6th 12th
Relievers Cheng-gong Wei Tied for 2nd Cheng-gong Wei 7th 8th
Closers Takeshi Ogasahara Tied for 5th Takeshi Ogasahara 9th 11th
HANSHIN TIGERS (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Yoshisada Hara 2nd Yoshisada Hara Tied for 2nd 3rd
First Basemen Mitsuharu Onishi 4th Yasunobu Yamada Tied for 1st 4th
Second Basemen Enreecko Jocson 2nd Enreecko Jocson Tied for 2nd 2nd
Third Basemen Tekkan Nishiyama 12th Tekkan Nishiyama Tied for 2nd 12th
Shortstops Teika Hirano 12th Teika Hirano Tied for 3rd 12th
Left Fielders Jun'ichi Tamura 3rd Jun'ichi Tamura Tied for 1st 3rd
Center Fielders Wei-qiang Ju 2nd Wei-qiang Ju Tied for 2nd 2nd
Right Fielders Yasukazu Tanabe 7th Yasukazu Tanabe Tied for 1st 7th
Starting Pitchers Senzo Asano 11th Hideki Suzuki 12th 11th
Relievers Yoriyuki Sakamoto Tied for 2nd Satoru Kato 5th 6th
Closers Tomoyuki Kiyomizu 2nd Tomoyuki Kiyomizu 10th 2nd
HIROSHIMA TOYO CARP (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Toshiharu Sugahara 10th Ogai Ishii Tied for 2nd 11th
First Basemen Shoji Nishi 12th Shoji Nishi Tied for 1st 12th
Second Basemen Hidetsugu Kobayakawa 5th Kojuro Ageda Tied for 2nd 5th
Third Basemen Yu-shu Liu 10th Kian-tat Ke Tied for 2nd 10th
Shortstops Muneyaki Ogawa 11th Muneyaki Ogawa Tied for 3rd 11th
Left Fielders Sakutaro Ota 8th Sakutaro Ota Tied for 1st 8th
Center Fielders Hirotada Ohayashi 3rd Hirotada Ohayashi Tied for 2nd 3rd
Right Fielders Shu-yaan Tian 1st Raúl Prieto Tied for 1st 1st
Starting Pitchers Yasukazu Kouda 7th Tadaaki Otsuka 9th 7th
Relievers Kensaku Noguchi Tied for 2nd Kensaku Noguchi 8th 9th
Closers Takeji Wada 4th Takeji Wada 4th 4th
HOKKAIDO NIPPON-HAM FIGHTERS (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Bashir Joyo 11th Bashir Joyo Tied for 2nd 12th
First Basemen Kwang-chih Tieh 8th Kwang-chih Tieh Tied for 1st 8th
Second Basemen Fei-hsien Sha 7th Fei-hsien Sha Tied for 2nd 7th
Third Basemen Tanzan Watanabe 9th Tanzan Watanabe Tied for 2nd 9th
Shortstops Tsukasa Kichida 2nd Tsukasa Kichida 2nd 2nd
Left Fielders Kyung-jin Yun 1st Kyung-jin Yun Tied for 1st 1st
Center Fielders Tokimasa Ogawa 6th Tokimasa Ogawa Tied for 2nd 6th
Right Fielders Hidetada Tsuji 9th Hidetada Tsuji Tied for 1st 9th
Starting Pitchers Yakumo Miura 10th Jesús Mora 3rd 3rd
Relievers Yoshimi Saikawa Tied for 2nd Yoshimi Saikawa 1st 2nd
Closers Yoshimi Saikawa Tied for 5th Yoshimi Saikawa 3rd 7th
ORIX BUFFALOES (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Hou Khu Tied for 11th Hou Khu 1st 1st
First Basemen Gui-fan Teng 7th Gui-fan Teng Tied for 1st 7th
Second Basemen 12th Tied for 2nd 12th
Third Basemen Ryuzaburo Nishiyama 8th Teika Hirano Tied for 2nd 8th
Shortstops Tetsuhiko Nakamura 10th Tetsuhiko Nakamura Tied for 3rd 10th
Left Fielders Tokichiro Yasuda 10th Tokichiro Yasuda Tied for 1st 10th
Center Fielders Takanibu Sato 8th Takanibu Sato Tied for 2nd 8th
Right Fielders Zhuo-cheng Min 2nd Zhuo-cheng Min Tied for 1st 2nd
Starting Pitchers Tadahisa Minami 6th Tadahisa Minami 10th 8th
Relievers Kunimichi Suzuki 1st Kunimichi Suzuki 10th 1st
Closers Lien-ying Mar 3rd Lien-ying Mar Tied for 10th 3rd
SAITAMA SEIBU LIONS (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Yeijiro Sato 4th Hiroaki Kichida Tied for 2nd 5th
First Basemen Liu-chun Zhu 3rd Liu-chun Zhu Tied for 1st 3rd
Second Basemen Toshimichi Kikuchi 1st Toshimichi Kikuchi 1st 1st
Third Basemen Mao Tu 4th Jhong-shun Hsu Tied for 2nd 4th
Shortstops Kijuro Harada 7th Kijuro Harada Tied for 3rd 7th
Left Fielders Kazunori Watanabe 11th Kazunori Watanabe Tied for 1st 11th
Center Fielders Akio Kouki 12th Akio Kouki Tied for 2nd 12th
Right Fielders Yuan Shiu 10th Yuan Shiu Tied for 1st 10th
Starting Pitchers Yoshii Suzuki 8th Nobuharu Kishita 8th 9th
Relievers Ju-ho Kim Tied for 2nd Ju-ho Kim 2nd 3rd
Closers Dhataki Chandrasekaran Tied for 5th Dhataki Chandrasekaran 6th 9th
TOHOKU RAKUTEN GOLDEN EAGLES (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Oda Saito 6th Naomi Kobayashi Tied for 2nd 7th
First Basemen Yoshitoki Kitamura 6th Wing Tai Tied for 1st 6th
Second Basemen Tsuneo Ashizawa 9th Qi-zhen Wang Tied for 2nd 9th
Third Basemen Jiro Takahashi 6th Jiro Takahashi Tied for 2nd 6th
Shortstops Purushotham Nandy 6th Purushotham Nandy Tied for 3rd 6th
Left Fielders Chung Lou 4th Chung Lou Tied for 1st 4th
Center Fielders Moromao Oshima 7th Moromao Oshima Tied for 2nd 7th
Right Fielders Seika Ishihara 8th Seika Ishihara Tied for 1st 8th
Starting Pitchers Eichiro Tanaka 9th Oniji Yamashita 11th 10th
Relievers Gandhesa Vipperla Tied for 2nd Gandhesa Vipperla 12th 12th
Closers Gang Niu 1st Gang Niu 8th 1st
TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Suezo Yoshikawa 3rd Yasuo Sakamoto Tied for 2nd 4th
First Basemen Yoshihiro Suzuki 5th Sozen Gato Tied for 1st 5th
Second Basemen Ryutaro Kitamura 6th Ryutaro Kitamura Tied for 2nd 6th
Third Basemen Shigetoki Kato 11th Shigetoki Kato Tied for 2nd 11th
Shortstops Hiroya Kuroki 1st Hiroya Kuroki 1st 1st
Left Fielders Tadakuni Hayashi 7th Tadakuni Hayashi Tied for 1st 7th
Center Fielders Okakura Masuda 5th Okakura Masuda Tied for 2nd 5th
Right Fielders Cheung Chen 5th Cheung Chen Tied for 1st 5th
Starting Pitchers Ding-bong Fong 2nd Noboru Miyamoto 1st 1st
Relievers Shinobu Nakada Tied for 2nd Shinobu Nakada 4th 5th
Closers Iwane Kaneko Tied for 5th Iwane Kaneko 12th 12th
YOKOHAMA BAY STARS (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tadanobu Ono 9th Anzai Watanabe Tied for 2nd 10th
First Basemen Masayuki Kimura 1st Masao Sakamoto Tied for 1st 1st
Second Basemen Michihiro Oishi 10th Michihiro Oishi Tied for 2nd 10th
Third Basemen Yoshihito Araki 3rd Yoshihito Araki Tied for 2nd 3rd
Shortstops Hisamitsu Kondo 3rd Hisamitsu Kondo Tied for 3rd 3rd
Left Fielders Ta-heng Chung 5th Ta-heng Chung Tied for 1st 5th
Center Fielders Toshikuni Tanaka 11th Toshikuni Tanaka Tied for 2nd 11th
Right Fielders Tsuneo Yoshida 6th Robin Flannery Tied for 1st 6th
Starting Pitchers Gui-fan Zhan 4th Takeo Tsuchiya 7th 6th
Relievers Yuan Ku Tied for 2nd Yuan Ku 11th 11th
Closers Taro Endo Tied for 5th Taro Endo Tied for 6th Tied for 9th
YOMIURI GIANTS (COL) 12/31/2027
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Shunsho Meshizuka 1st Masakazu Ishikawa Tied for 2nd 2nd
First Basemen Akio Ueno 10th Amol Vinit Tied for 1st 10th
Second Basemen Byung-soo Yi 8th Byung-soo Yi Tied for 2nd 8th
Third Basemen Namboku Kimura 7th Namboku Kimura Tied for 2nd 7th
Shortstops Sachi Watanabe 5th Sachi Watanabe Tied for 3rd 5th
Left Fielders Yoshinori Harada 12th Yoshinori Harada Tied for 1st 12th
Center Fielders Sumiteru Nakagawa 9th Sumiteru Nakagawa Tied for 2nd 9th
Right Fielders Naohiro Saito 11th Naohiro Saito Tied for 1st 11th
Starting Pitchers Jin-oh Pak 3rd Iemitsu Shiroi 4th 5th
Relievers Cheng-en King Tied for 2nd Cheng-en King Tied for 8th Tied for 9th
Closers Te Shan Tied for 5th Te Shan 2nd 6th
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