NIPPON PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
11/21/2022
 
CHIBA LOTTE MARINES (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Masataka Sato 11th Meibrys Viloria 8th 10th
First Basemen Hirotada Maeda 7th 8th 10th
Second Basemen Shogo Nakamura 1st Pascual Fiorello 8th 7th
Third Basemen Yodo Ando 11th 11th 12th
Shortstops Natsuo Kimura 10th Yeremi Rosario 3rd 6th
Left Fielders Dan Paolini 3rd Bakari Gayle 6th 6th
Center Fielders Tetsui Yamaguchi 9th Zachary Daniels 10th 10th
Right Fielders 10th Matt Lautz 4th 10th
Starting Pitchers Shinsaku Kichida 10th Diony Rodriguez 2nd 8th
Relievers Henderson Alvarez 1st John Dearth 11th 4th
Closers Henderson Alvarez 1st Joel Allen 2nd 1st
CHUNICHI DRAGONS (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Kenya Wakatsuki 8th Jim Sherman 11th 12th
First Basemen Koji Kawai 8th 8th (tied) 11th
Second Basemen Takayuki Kajitani 3rd Shunen Hashimoto 11th 10th
Third Basemen 12th Steven Oakley 6th 11th
Shortstops Austin Bodrato 1st Royce Lewis 2nd 1st
Left Fielders 12th D.J. Artis 5th 12th
Center Fielders Melvin Marcelino 3rd José Morales 7th 5th
Right Fielders Tsurayuki Ohayashi 5th Jacob Parrott 1st 2nd
Starting Pitchers Nick A. Lee 8th Kenshin Hayagawa 5th 4th
Relievers Tatsuya Oba 6th Isoruko Watanabe 9th 7th
Closers Nobuatsu Saito 11th Javier Valentin-Rodriguez 8th 12th
FUKUOKA SOFTBANK HAWKS (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Akihisa Nishida 4th Drew Blakely 3rd 3rd
First Basemen Yoshitaka Saito 9th Jorge Rodríguez 5th 4th
Second Basemen Nobuhiko Ohayashi 10th Matt Morales 2nd 6th
Third Basemen J.T. Mauldin 5th Shane Martinez 2nd 3rd
Shortstops Naomichi Nakayama 12th Jeff Cox 4th 10th
Left Fielders Yoshiyuki Takahashi 5th Bryan De La Cruz 4th 2nd
Center Fielders Jean Carlos Arias 4th Kansuke Oka 5th 3rd
Right Fielders Ikki Daisen 8th Yoel Andujar 4th (tied) 3rd
Starting Pitchers Jesus Zambrano 3rd Jarrett Montgomery 11th 10th
Relievers Hiroya Kawamitsu 3rd Naruhiko Ohayashi 2nd 1st
Closers Kodai Senga 2nd Sachi Yamamoto 4th 2nd
HANSHIN TIGERS (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Takumi Oshima 9th Ismerling Mota 7th 7th
First Basemen Daisuke Kiyomizu 10th 8th (tied) 12th
Second Basemen Jose Altuve 2nd Ietsuna Asai 6th 1st
Third Basemen Evan Longoria 2nd Matthew Schmidt 7th 2nd
Shortstops Yo Go 6th Sahid Valenzuela 9th 8th
Left Fielders Hiroaki Shimauchi 4th 9th 8th
Center Fielders 12th Ton Koyama 7th (tied) 11th
Right Fielders Kunimichi Murakami 9th Jeremias Portorreal 7th 8th
Starting Pitchers Franklin E. Perez 1st Tadanobu Nakagawa 9th 5th
Relievers Toshiki Kimura 11th Toshiki Kimura 4th 8th
Closers Yeijiro Yamada 8th Toshimichi Tsuchiya 8th (tied) 9th
HIROSHIMA TOYO CARP (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Yuhei Nakamura 6th Kuemon Morimoto 1st 4th
First Basemen Rikiya Tanaka 11th António Gómez 6th 9th
Second Basemen Haruki Nishikawa 4th Juan Rodríguez 7th 8th
Third Basemen Kyle Kubitza 6th Sergio Macias 9th 9th
Shortstops Yoshimasa Matsuo 5th Tsuruki Suzuki 10th 11th
Left Fielders Sozen Yamaguchi 7th 9th (tied) 10th
Center Fielders Yoshihiro Maru 6th Bob Davis 2nd 4th
Right Fielders Taiga Egoshi 6th Leobaldo Cabrera 7th (tied) 7th
Starting Pitchers Kenta Maeda 2nd Wander Cabrera 3rd 1st
Relievers Hidekazu Kawano 9th Atsumori Terada 11th (tied) 12th
Closers Ren Nakata 4th Tokugawa Yamasaki 7th 4th
HOKKAIDO NIPPON-HAM FIGHTERS (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Yushi Shimizu 5th Logan Gillaspie 2nd 5th
First Basemen Tadao Kouno 4th Jose Colina 6th (tied) 5th
Second Basemen Shigemasa Hoshino 7th Jhon Meison Herrera 2nd (tied) 3rd
Third Basemen Kazuya Katsuki 4th Garrett Milchin 9th (tied) 7th
Shortstops Hiroyuki Shirasaki 9th Tabito Matsui 4th (tied) 5th
Left Fielders Taiki Sekine 8th Jose Jules 1st 3rd
Center Fielders Danny Blair 1st Terence Hill 6th 1st
Right Fielders Yuya Taniguchi 3rd Tulio Garcia 7th (tied) 6th
Starting Pitchers Dustin Driver 11th Matt McGarry 1st 6th
Relievers Daisuke Sobue 5th Yukinaga Hara 6th 6th
Closers Daisuke Sobue 6th Bryant Jordan 6th 5th
ORIX BUFFALOES (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Masatake Asano 10th Kerby Camacho 9th 9th
First Basemen Prince Fielder 3rd 8th (tied) 8th
Second Basemen Yuto Takahama 6th Ripken Reyes 9th 9th
Third Basemen Hotaka Yamakawa 9th Ryan Karstetter 8th 8th
Shortstops Tadamasa Toyota 11th Ralphy Almarza 4th (tied) 7th
Left Fielders Kiyonaga Matsuura 9th John Cresto 1st (tied) 4th
Center Fielders Jiro Takeuchi 11th Jose Patino 4th 8th
Right Fielders Ryosuke Hirata 4th Kevin Strohschein 6th 5th
Starting Pitchers Nelson Hernandez 4th Victor Concepcion 4th 2nd
Relievers Yuki Kuniyoshi 2nd Yoritomo Fujishima 10th 5th
Closers Kyohei Maegawa 5th Victor Concepcion 1st 3rd
SAITAMA SEIBU LIONS (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tomoya Mori 1st Logan Boyer 11th (tied) 8th
First Basemen Ryan Rua 1st 8th (tied) 7th
Second Basemen 11th AJ Lee 9th (tied) 11th
Third Basemen Mitch Nay 3rd 11th (tied) 10th
Shortstops Sojuro Nishimura 8th Yonny Hernandez 1st 4th
Left Fielders Hisamitsu Kamuta 10th 9th (tied) 11th
Center Fielders Naoto Wakimoto 8th Randy Ventura 3rd 7th
Right Fielders 10th (tied) Nestor Muriel 3rd 9th
Starting Pitchers Daniel Sprinkle 7th Keegan James 9th (tied) 9th
Relievers Sho Arima 4th Masahide Kobayashi 2nd (tied) 2nd
Closers Yusei Kikuchi 10th Connor Lunn 8th (tied) 11th
TOHOKU RAKUTEN GOLDEN EAGLES (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Takero Okajima 7th Cordell Dunn 4th 6th
First Basemen Hiroshi Yamanaka 6th Luis Encarnacion 2nd 3rd
Second Basemen Naomichi Nishiura 5th Jefry Souffront 2nd (tied) 2nd
Third Basemen Yuma Mune 10th L.J. Talley 1st 4th
Shortstops Kyle Holder 2nd Nick Madrigal 4th (tied) 2nd
Left Fielders D.J. Wilson 1st Dany Rojas 8th 5th
Center Fielders Masaharu Ine 10th 12th 12th
Right Fielders Shunta Goto 7th 11th 11th
Starting Pitchers Rodrigo Takahashi 5th Evan Sperling 6th 3rd
Relievers Jin Takahashi 10th Jin Takahashi 8th 10th
Closers Kensaku Yamaguchi 7th Mario Manuel 5th 6th
TOKYO YAKULT SWALLOWS (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Koji Yamakawa 3rd Welbin Bautista 6th 1st
First Basemen Austin Russ 2nd Devin Davis 3rd 1st
Second Basemen 11th (tied) 12th 12th
Third Basemen Ginji Akaminai 7th Kevin Mathis 2nd (tied) 5th
Shortstops Kenta Imamiya 4th Aaron Schunk 10th (tied) 9th
Left Fielders Shosuke Watanabe 11th José Pérez 7th 7th
Center Fielders D.J. Miller 2nd Carlos Machado 1st 2nd
Right Fielders 10th (tied) 11th (tied) 12th
Starting Pitchers Javier Medina 6th Masahiro Nagata 12th 11th
Relievers Shozo Hirano 7th Kazutoshi Okabe 1st 3rd
Closers Shozo Hirano 12th Kazutoshi Okabe 3rd 7th
YOKOHAMA DENA BAYSTARS (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Kosuke Nakamura 12th Rafelin Lorenzo 5th 11th
First Basemen 12th Hunter Stovall 3rd (tied) 6th
Second Basemen Katsumoto Sugahara 9th J.D. Salmon-Williams 2nd (tied) 5th
Third Basemen Lourdes Gourriel Jr. 1st Omar Meregildo 2nd (tied) 1st
Shortstops Yujiro Sasaki 7th Greifer Andrade 10th (tied) 12th
Left Fielders Tomo Otosaka 2nd Yoshimasa Tanaka 1st (tied) 1st
Center Fielders Roku Hayakawa 7th Ánibal Gonzáles 10th (tied) 9th
Right Fielders Alexquemer Sanchez 2nd Matt Hardy 2nd 1st
Starting Pitchers Ren Kazahari 12th Solomon Bates 7th 12th
Relievers Shihei Ueno 12th Hirotsugu Sato 6th (tied) 11th
Closers Kento Shibata 9th Naomi Tenno 8th (tied) 10th
YOMIURI GIANTS (INT) 11/21/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Elys Escobar 2nd Sachi Kobayashi 10th 2nd
First Basemen Hayato Sakamoto 5th Santiago Rincon 1st 2nd
Second Basemen Nobuyori Higuchi 8th Wadye Ynfante 1st 4th
Third Basemen Yoshitomo Tsutsugo 8th Cade Pollard 2nd (tied) 6th
Shortstops Shuhei Takahashi 3rd Kosaku Fujita 4th (tied) 3rd
Left Fielders Seiya Suzuki 6th 9th (tied) 9th
Center Fielders Daiki Asama 5th Joe Lancellotti 7th (tied) 6th
Right Fielders Tristan Pompey 1st Nobuyori Okada 7th (tied) 4th
Starting Pitchers Daichi Osera 9th Nick Lodolo 8th 7th
Relievers Hayato Takagi 8th Daisuke Saito 5th 9th
Closers Yoshiki Yano 3rd Nobuhiko Yamamoto 8th (tied) 8th
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