NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
12/31/2034
 
CHIBA LOTTE MARINES (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Jae-hoon Moon 3rd Jae-hoon Moon 12th 4th
First Basemen Takato Ono 10th Jeff Watts 7th 10th
Second Basemen Cheong-u Pak 2nd Cheong-u Pak 8th 2nd
Third Basemen Wen-bin Nishi 9th Wen-bin Nishi 3rd 7th
Shortstops Junki Scott 3rd Junki Scott 11th 2nd
Left Fielders Toji Wakayama 10th Takehisa Quillen 3rd 9th
Center Fielders Eien Hara 12th Rikuo Morita 9th 10th
Right Fielders Andrew Clark 12th Andrew Clark 12th 12th
Starting Pitchers Yoon-tae Pack 10th Andy Bowersox 3rd 9th
Relievers Norihisa Hayasaka 7th Norihisa Hayasaka 2nd 4th
Closers Kazuteru Kano 10th Kazuteru Kano 7th 12th
CHUNICHI DRAGONS (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Kazuhiko Kai 5th Kazuhiko Kai 6th 5th
First Basemen Kol-in-sen Koo 1st Kol-in-sen Koo 1st 1st
Second Basemen Min-u Kym 1st Min-u Kym 10th 1st
Third Basemen Toshimitsu Epps 1st Toshimitsu Epps 12th 12th
Shortstops Shinya Ono 11th Shinya Ono 5th 10th
Left Fielders Tetsuya Toyoda 3rd Tetsuya Toyoda 5th 3rd
Center Fielders Hayaki Shinozaki 8th Hayaki Shinozaki 10th 9th
Right Fielders Dustin Adkinson 2nd Dustin Adkinson 5th 1st
Starting Pitchers Torikatzu Nishiyama 2nd Yuji Murai 11th 2nd
Relievers Tom Woodral 6th Tom Woodral 7th 9th
Closers Josh Jackson 3rd Josh Jackson 7th (tied) 9th
FUKUOKA SOFTBANK HAWKS (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tetsukazu Kurihara 11th Jong-yong Choi 9th 11th
First Basemen Hidemichi Wada 11th Shigenori Kawata 9th 11th
Second Basemen Shinzo Nishimura 10th Phil Ruschel 6th 11th
Third Basemen Ki-heung Pak 5th Ki-heung Pak 2nd 4th
Shortstops Kaiji Nagata 1st Kaiji Nagata 12th 12th
Left Fielders Goushi Knish 6th Goushi Knish 10th 7th
Center Fielders Kiyoshi Yano 4th Kiyoshi Yano 8th 4th
Right Fielders Feng-yi Man 10th Feng-yi Man 3rd 9th
Starting Pitchers Ming Lai 9th Ming Lai 1st 8th
Relievers Muhsin Zardari 10th J.P. Ripp 10th 10th
Closers Katsuo Ishibashi 11th Katsuo Ishibashi 6th 6th
HANSHIN TIGERS (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Kumeo Shiba 6th Kumeo Shiba 4th 6th
First Basemen Naoto Kajiwara 3rd Naoto Kajiwara 12th 4th
Second Basemen Lu-shan Teoh 6th Lu-shan Teoh 9th 6th
Third Basemen Yutaka Kato 3rd Yutaka Kato 10th 3rd
Shortstops Tadaharu Sato 9th Tadaharu Sato 1st 7th
Left Fielders Steve Durrett 5th Steve Durrett 1st 4th
Center Fielders Johnny Papa 7th Yeon-kyu Cho 1st 6th
Right Fielders Kiyonori Ogura 4th Kiyonori Ogura 9th 6th
Starting Pitchers Mike Hollis 1st Ryuzo Ishiguro 9th 1st
Relievers Taichiro Ishida 3rd Tse-peng Li 2nd (tied) 2nd
Closers Tsuyashi Hiramoto 9th Keiichi Aoki 5th 4th
HIROSHIMA TOYO CARP (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Frank Turner 12th Jonathan Pharms 3rd 12th
First Basemen Ryuji Hayashida 8th Ryuji Hayashida 10th 9th
Second Basemen Seiju Takahashi 4th Seiju Takahashi 7th 5th
Third Basemen Teruo Ono 10th Teruo Ono 1st 9th
Shortstops Marc Collins 8th Yozaburo Oba 10th 8th
Left Fielders Senta Nakano 1st Senta Nakano 5th (tied) 2nd
Center Fielders Jihei Suyama 3rd Jihei Suyama 6th 2nd
Right Fielders Yozo Kato 9th Yozo Kato 8th 10th
Starting Pitchers Sang-joon Sohn 12th Sang-joon Sohn 4th 12th
Relievers Ben Harding 12th Yakamochi Noda 11th 12th
Closers Itaru Uto 12th Mathieu Cantone 4th 5th
HOKKAIDO NIPPON-HAM FIGHTERS (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Koji Tanaka 1st Koji Tanaka 2nd 1st
First Basemen Ikumasa Shintani 5th Ikumasa Shintani 3rd 5th
Second Basemen Kyung-won Chung 11th Kyung-won Chung 1st 10th
Third Basemen Zhong-shu Chuang 2nd Zhong-shu Chuang 8th 1st
Shortstops Kunimitsu Kawamura 10th Kunimitsu Kawamura 2nd 9th
Left Fielders Wang Che 4th Wang Che 9th 5th
Center Fielders Yoshitomo Noda 5th Yoshitomo Noda 5th 5th
Right Fielders Takahiro Kato 3rd Takahiro Kato 6th 4th
Starting Pitchers Chang-se Kim 5th Pete Willoughby 10th 7th
Relievers Katsutaka Soma 11th Katsutaka Soma 4th 8th
Closers Wei-sng Mak 2nd Wei-sng Mak 7th (tied) 8th
ORIX BUFFALOES (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Takahide Hirano 10th Jarrod Weathersby 8th 10th
First Basemen Keita Sato 2nd Keita Sato 11th 2nd
Second Basemen Huang Bu 12th Chan-u Shon 4th 12th
Third Basemen Heita Tokunaga 6th Heita Tokunaga 4th 5th
Shortstops Wei-Tzu Ito 5th Dong-hwan Kwon 9th 4th
Left Fielders Kenzaburo Yoneda 8th Hyung-gook Ann 11th 10th
Center Fielders Fu-chi Ming 1st Fu-chi Ming 4th 1st
Right Fielders Hyo-chin Suk 7th Hyo-chin Suk 7th 7th
Starting Pitchers Sung-your Park 8th Hachemon Hitomi 8th 10th
Relievers Mike Blythe 4th Mike Blythe 7th (tied) 6th
Closers Kouichi Hayashi 5th Kouichi Hayashi 7th (tied) 11th
SAITAMA SEIBU LIONS (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Mitsuo Yamashita 9th Myoung-chul Yoo 1st 8th
First Basemen Yuudai Fujimori 6th Yuudai Fujimori 5th 6th
Second Basemen Hisornori Tanaka 8th Hisornori Tanaka 5th 7th
Third Basemen Heiichi Matsuo 12th Heiichi Matsuo 10th (tied) 11th
Shortstops Yugo Muramoto 12th Yugo Muramoto 7th 11th
Left Fielders Jason Gates 9th Ryan Engle 11th (tied) 11th
Center Fielders Akiharu Kochi 9th Akiharu Kochi 11th 12th
Right Fielders Kuniaki Tanaka 5th Kuniaki Tanaka 2nd 3rd
Starting Pitchers Ryan Desmond 6th Andy Ludewig 7th 6th
Relievers Eishi Hirayama 8th Eishi Hirayama 11th (tied) 11th
Closers Mikiya Kubo 8th Mikiya Kubo 3rd 3rd
TOHOKU RAKUTEN GOLDEN EAGLES (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Ryohei Yukimoto 8th Yasusaburo Okumura 11th 9th
First Basemen Chotaro Nakanishi 9th Chotaro Nakanishi 6th 8th
Second Basemen Mototada Turnell 9th Mototada Turnell 3rd 8th
Third Basemen Sang-your Choe 8th Sang-your Choe 5th 8th
Shortstops Yuichiro Suzuki 4th Yuichiro Suzuki 4th 3rd
Left Fielders Hisanobu Mukai 7th Hisanobu Mukai 8th 6th
Center Fielders James Briggs 2nd James Briggs 7th 3rd
Right Fielders Kiyotaka Sugimoto 6th Kiyotaka Sugimoto 4th 5th
Starting Pitchers Katsumi Nakata 3rd Katsumi Nakata 12th 5th
Relievers Takamitsu Soma 5th Takamitsu Soma 9th 7th
Closers Chotaro Matsuno 4th Chotaro Matsuno 7th (tied) 10th
TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tooru Miyahira 1st (tied) Tooru Miyahira 10th 2nd
First Basemen Shinnosuke Arakaki 7th Shinnosuke Arakaki 2nd 7th
Second Basemen Brian Schaefer 5th Brian Schaefer 2nd 4th
Third Basemen Pete Farthing 4th Shiro Sasamoto 6th 2nd
Shortstops Seijii Mikami 6th Seijii Mikami 3rd 5th
Left Fielders Tomotaka Sudo 12th Danny Garcia 7th 12th
Center Fielders Shi-ping Xú 6th Shi-ping Xú 11th (tied) 11th
Right Fielders Jerry Lemons 8th Jerry Lemons 1st 8th
Starting Pitchers Dae Che 11th Hidenori Tomita 2nd 11th
Relievers Hyun-sik Park 1st Hyun-sik Park 4th (tied) 3rd
Closers Matt Stevenson 1st Matt Stevenson 7th (tied) 7th
YOKOHAMA BAY STARS (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Seizaburo Tanaka 7th Seizaburo Tanaka 5th 7th
First Basemen Gouki Maeda 4th Gouki Maeda 8th 3rd
Second Basemen Jim Greenstein 3rd Jim Greenstein 11th 3rd
Third Basemen Yoshino Takata 7th Yugo Kuwabara 6th (tied) 6th
Shortstops Kyung-un Kwag 7th Kyung-un Kwag 7th (tied) 6th
Left Fielders Mitsujiro Nakagawa 11th Harukazu Ogawa 2nd 8th
Center Fielders Issei Maruyama 10th Issei Maruyama 3rd 7th
Right Fielders Kenji Morioka 11th Kenji Morioka 9th (tied) 11th
Starting Pitchers Yoshiyuki Matsuda 7th Yoshiyuki Matsuda 5th 4th
Relievers Hao-hing Han 9th Robby Krohn 6th 5th
Closers Nobu Arita 7th Nobu Arita 2nd 2nd
YOMIURI GIANTS (COL) 12/31/2034
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Yasushi Hagiwara 4th Yasushi Hagiwara 6th (tied) 3rd
First Basemen Mitsuya Inouye 12th Masutaro Inouye 4th 12th
Second Basemen Hiroyoshi Kato 7th Hiroyoshi Kato 12th 9th
Third Basemen Justin Chiasson 11th Justin Chiasson 9th 10th
Shortstops Akira Kaneko 2nd Akira Kaneko 6th 1st
Left Fielders Hiromi Nagao 2nd Hiromi Nagao 4th 1st
Center Fielders Sang-ton Kym 11th Sang-ton Kym 2nd 8th
Right Fielders Gui-fan Yen 1st Gui-fan Yen 9th (tied) 2nd
Starting Pitchers Gavin Taylor 4th Gavin Taylor 6th 3rd
Relievers Tekkan Ishihara 2nd Tekkan Ishihara 1st 1st
Closers Tadasumi Murakami 6th Tadasumi Murakami 1st 1st
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