The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 23, , for the 50th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB. It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D".
Summary
As of the 2008 Draft, High School, University and Industrial League players could be selected at the same time whereas previous to 2008, separate drafts were held for each level of player.
As with the previous year, Taisho Pharmaceuticals was the special partner with naming rights. The Draft was named "The 2014 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D." Lipovitan D is one of Taisho's main brands.
Only the first round picks were allowed to be contested with all picks from the second round onward being based on table placing in the 2014 NPB season in a waiver system. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted. The Draft waiver priority was decided upon the winners of the 2014 NPB All-Stars game, but as the series ended 1-1 preference was based on point difference between the Central and Pacific Leagues where the former had a higher differential.
In total, 81 players were signed to professional contracts including 46 pitchers, 7 catchers, 17 infielders and 11 outfielders with 23 development players also signed.
First Round Contested Picks Player namePositionTeams selected byFirst RoundKohei AriharaPitcherBaystars、Fighters、Tigers, CarpFirst RoundTomohiro AnrakuPitcherEagles、SwallowsSecond RoundYasuaki YamasakiPitcherBaystars、Tigers
Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. In the first round, Kona Takahashi (pitcher) was selected by the Lions, Ryosuke Nomura (pitcher) by the Dragons, Shogo Nakamura (Infielder) by the Marines, Sachiya Yamasaki (pitcher) by the Buffaloes, Kazuma Okamoto (Infielder) by the Giants, and Yuki Matsumoto (pitcher) by the Hawks in the first round without a bid lottery. In the second round, Shingo Takeshita (pitcher) was selected by the Swallows and Takayoshi Noma (Outfielder) by the Carp without a bid lottery. In the thrird round, the last remaining the Tigers, selected Yuya Yokoyama (pitcher). List of selected players.
Selected Players +Key*Player did not sign The order of the teams is the order of second round waiver priority. Bolded After that, a developmental player who contracted as a registered player under control. List of selected players.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shingo TakeshitaPitcherYamaha#2Ren KazahariPitcherTokyo Nogyo University Hokkaido Okhotsk#3Koji YamakawaCatcherFukuoka Jyoto High School#4Tetsuya TeradaPitcherKagawa Olive Guyners#5Yusaku NakamotoPitcherHakuwa Victorys#6Hiroaki DohiPitcherHonda#6Izumi HaraOutfielderDaiichi Institute of TechnologyDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shogo NakashimaOutfielderFukuoka University
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Tomohiro AnrakuPitcherSaibi High School#2Fumiya OnoPitcherNishinippon Junior College High School#3Masayoshi FukudaOutfielderChuo University#4Luciano FernandoOutfielderHakuoh University#5Takahiro IrinoPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#6Masashi KatohPitcherJR East#7Ryota ItohInfielderNippon PaperDevelopmental Player Draft#1Takumaru YaoitaOutfielderSeiko Gakuen High School#2Hiroki OsakayaInfielderAomori Chuo Gakuin University
Yokohama DeNA Baystars PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yasuaki YamasakiPitcherAsia University#2Kenta IshidaPitcherHosei University#3Toshihiko KuramotoInfielderNippon Shinyaku#4Motoharu FukuchiPitcherMitsubishi Hitachi Heavy Systems Nagoya#5Koki YamashitaInfielderKokugakuin University#6Hiroki MomoseInfielderMatsumoto-Daiichi High School#7Satoshi IizukaPitcherNihon Bunri High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Toi KameiCatcherNissei High school
Saitama Seibu Lions PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kona TakahashiPitcherMaebashi Ikuei High School#2Yasuo SanoPitcherHeisei International University#3Shuta TonosakiInfielderFuji University#4Yusuke TamamuraPitcherTsuruga Kehi High School#5Haruka YamadaInfielderSaga Prefectural Saga Technical High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Daisuke TogawaOutfielderHokkai High School
Chunichi Dragons PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ryosuke NomuraPitcherMitsubishi-Hitachi Power Systems Yokohama#2Tomohiro HamadaPitcherKyushu Sangyo University#3Shota TomonagaOutfielderNippon Express#4Shun IshikawaInfielderNippon Oil#5Takuma KatohCatcherAoyama Gakuin University#6Masataka IryoOutfielderNippon Oil#7Issei EndohInfielderTokyo Gas#8Masashi YamamotoPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#9Takeshi KanekoPitcherOsaka University of CommerceDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yuichi SatoPitcherTokai Sagami High School#2Kodai IshigakiPitcherInabe Sogo High School#3Masaru FujiyoshiPitcherSyugakukan High School#4Hiroki KondohOutfielderMeijo University
Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shogo NakamuraInfielderWaseda University#2Eisuke TanakaPitcherKyoto University#3Daiki IwashitaPitcherSeiryo High School#4Kandai TerashimaCatcherSōka University#5Kazuya KatsukiInfielderOsaka Toin High School#6Atsushi MiyazakiPitcherHiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University#7Naoto WakimotoOutfielderTakasaki University of Health and Welfare High School
Hiroshima Toyo Carp PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Takayoshi NomaOutfielderChubu Gakuin University#2Kazuki YabutaPitcherAsia University#3Atsuya HoriePitcherKagawa Prefectural Takamatsu-Kita High School#4Kouya FujiiPitcherOkayama Sanyo High School#5Tatsuki KuwaharaInfielderTokoha Gakuen Kikukawa High School#6Tetsuya IidaPitcherJR East#7Daisuke TadaCatcherTokushima Prefectural Naruto-Uzushio High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kodai MatsuuraCatcherMSH Academy#2Satoshi KimuraInfielderTokoha Gakuen Tachibana High School
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kohei AriharaPitcherWaseda University#2Yūshi ShimizuCatcherKyushu International University High School#3Daiki AsamaOutfielderYokohama High School#4Naoya IshikawaPitcherYamagata Central High School#5Hayao SegawaPitcherMuroran Sharks#6Shota TatsutaPitcherYamato-Koryo Senior High School#7Yuto TakahamaInfielderYokohama High School#8Kengo OhtaInfielderKawagoe Technical High School#9Masataka SatohCatcherAichi Keisei High School
Hanshin Tigers PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yuya YokoyamaPitcherNippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal#2Tsuyoshi IshizakiPitcherNippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal#3Taiga EgoshiOutfielderKomazawa University#4Kouki MoriyaPitcherHonda#5Kai UedaInfielderOhmi Senior High School
Orix Buffaloes PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Sachiya YamasakiPitcherMeiji University#2Yuma MuneInfielderYokohama Hayato High School#3Kodai SanoPitcherOita High School#4Ban TakagiPitcherNTT East Japan#5Koki SaitohPitcherHokusho High School#6Seiichi SakayoriPitcherJR East#7Masahiro NishinoInfielderJR East#8Yuya OdaOutfielderNippon Life#9Yu SuzukiPitcherTokyo Metropolitan Yukigaya High School
Yomiuri Giants PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kazuma OkamotoInfielderChiben Gakuen High School#2Chiaki TonePitcherNihon University#3Hayato TakagiPitcherMitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagoya#4Daiki TanakaPitcherKokugakuin UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shinpei ShinoharaPitcherKagawa Olive Guyners#2Takuya KawaiInfielderJ. F. Oberlin University#3Takaya TanakaCatcherYamanashi Gakuin University#4Shinnosuke TakahashiPitcherKisarazu Sogo High School
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yuki MatsumotoPitcherUniversity of Morioka Affiliated High School#2Ryoya KuriharaCatcherHarue Technical High School#3Shogo FurusawaInfielderKyushu International University High School#4Shunsuke KasayaPitcherOita Commercial and Business High School#5Yosuke ShimabukuroPitcherChuo UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kazuhiro KoyamaOutfielderFuji Daiichi High School#2Seiya SaitohOutfielderIwata East High School#3Amon YamashitaPitcherKomatsu Ohtani High School#4Tamon HoriuchiCatcherYamamura International High School#5Eiji KakinokiPitcherYanagawa High School#6Shota KanekoOutfielderOhmama High School#7Daiki KonoInfielderNOMO Baseball Club#8Keigo NakamuraPitcherToyama Thunder Birds
References
External links プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD - NPB.jp Nippon Professional Baseball