NIPPON BASEBALL NI-GUN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/21/2022
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Meibrys Viloria 1st Meibrys Viloria 8th 1st
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles Cordell Dunn 2nd Cordell Dunn 4th 2nd
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Logan Boyer 3rd Logan Boyer 11th(tied) 11th
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Logan Gillaspie 4th Logan Gillaspie 2nd 3rd
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Tim Susnara 5th Kerby Camacho 9th 9th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars Michael Higgins 6th Rafelin Lorenzo 5th 5th
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Bret Maxwell 7th Ismerling Mota 7th 6th
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Zeke Pinkham 8th Drew Blakely 3rd 4th
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Andrew Sharpe 9th Sachi Kobayashi 10th 10th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons Jim Sherman 10th Jim Sherman 11th(tied) 12th
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Tanner Gragg 11th Welbin Bautista 6th 7th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Kuemon Morimoto 12th Kuemon Morimoto 1st 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Devin Davis 1st Devin Davis 3rd(tied) 3rd
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles Luis Encarnacion 2nd Luis Encarnacion 2nd 1st
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Jaxxon Fagg 3rd Jose Colina 6th(tied) 6th
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Santiago Rincon 4th Santiago Rincon 1st 2nd
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Jake Burger 5th 8th(tied) 8th
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Jacob Corso 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Blake Anderson 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Matt E. Duffy 8th (tied) 8th(tied) 11th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars Hunter Stovall 8th (tied) Hunter Stovall 3rd(tied) 4th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Aaron Ping 10th António Gómez 6th(tied) 7th
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Jorge Rodríguez 11th Jorge Rodríguez 5th 5th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons Joel Diaz 12th 8th(tied) 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Bryson Brigman 1st AJ Lee 9th(tied) 7th
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Chris Bostick 2nd Matt Morales 2nd(tied) 2nd
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles Jefry Souffront 3rd Jefry Souffront 2nd(tied) 3rd
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Jordan Stephens 4th 12th 12th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Cory Spangenberg 5th Juan Rodríguez 7th 8th
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Wadye Ynfante 6th Wadye Ynfante 1st 1st
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Ripken Reyes 7th Ripken Reyes 9th(tied) 9th
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Logan Taylor 8th Ietsuna Asai 6th 6th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons Julio Mendez 9th Shunen Hashimoto 11th 11th
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Jhon Meison Herrera 10th Jhon Meison Herrera 2nd(tied) 4th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars J.D. Salmon-Williams 11th J.D. Salmon-Williams 2nd(tied) 5th
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Pascual Fiorello 12th Pascual Fiorello 8th 10th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Cade Pollard 1st Cade Pollard 2nd(tied) 2nd
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles Trey Michalczewski 2nd L.J. Talley 1st 1st
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Garrett Milchin 3rd Garrett Milchin 8th(tied) 8th
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Ryan Karstetter 4th Ryan Karstetter 7th 7th
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Willie Burger 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Darren Miller 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons Rio Ruiz 7th Steven Oakley 5th 3rd
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Matthew Schmidt 8th Matthew Schmidt 6th 4th
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Bill Pujols 9th Kevin Mathis 2nd(tied) 5th
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Ty Buck 10th Shane Martinez 8th(tied) 9th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Sergio Macias 11th Sergio Macias 8th(tied) 10th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars Omar Meregildo 12th Omar Meregildo 2nd(tied) 6th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Kody Clemens 1st Sahid Valenzuela 9th 9th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons Royce Lewis 2nd Royce Lewis 2nd 1st
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Aaron Schunk 3rd Aaron Schunk 10th(tied) 10th
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles Nick Madrigal 4th Nick Madrigal 3rd(tied) 3rd
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Zack Kone 5th Tabito Matsui 3rd(tied) 4th
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Zach Green 6th Kosaku Fujita 3rd(tied) 5th
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Marco Hernandez 7th Ralphy Almarza 3rd(tied) 6th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Thairo Estrada 8th Tsuruki Suzuki 10th(tied) 11th
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Diego A. Castillo 9th Yonny Hernandez 1st 2nd
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Yeremi Rosario 10th Yeremi Rosario 3rd(tied) 7th
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Jeff Cox 11th Jeff Cox 3rd(tied) 8th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars Greifer Andrade 12th Greifer Andrade 10th(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Kevin Collard 1st John Cresto 1st(tied) 1st
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Lou Schaefer 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Casey Soltis 3rd Bakari Gayle 6th 5th
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Abraham Almonte 4th José Pérez 7th 6th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Taylor Dugas 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons D.J. Artis 6th D.J. Artis 5th 7th
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles Dany Rojas 7th Dany Rojas 8th 8th
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Kolby Copeland 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars Ivan Wilson 9th Yoshimasa Tanaka 1st(tied) 2nd
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Blake Perkins 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Jake Smolinski 11th Jose Jules 1st(tied) 3rd
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Bryan De La Cruz 12th Bryan De La Cruz 4th 4th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Chad W. Smith 1st Zachary Daniels 10th(tied) 10th
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Jose Patino 2nd Jose Patino 4th 1st
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Jon Jay 3rd (tied) Ton Koyama 6th(tied) 3rd
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles Austin Schotts 3rd (tied) 12th 12th
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Joe Lancellotti 5th Joe Lancellotti 6th(tied) 4th
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Eddy Vizcaino 6th Terence Hill 5th 5th
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Saige Jenco 7th Randy Ventura 3rd 2nd
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Daniel Fields 8th Kansuke Oka 6th(tied) 6th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons José Morales 9th José Morales 6th(tied) 7th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars Ánibal Gonzáles 10th Ánibal Gonzáles 10th(tied) 11th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp A.R. Hill 11th Bob Davis 2nd 8th
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Carlos Machado 12th Carlos Machado 1st 9th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Brock Anderson 1st Tulio Garcia 7th(tied) 6th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons Jacob Parrott 2nd Jacob Parrott 1st 1st
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Nestor Muriel 3rd Nestor Muriel 3rd 2nd
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles D.J. Peters 4th 11th(tied) 11th
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Tanner Stanley 5th Matt Lautz 4th(tied) 4th
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Jeremias Portorreal 6th Jeremias Portorreal 7th(tied) 8th
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Kevin Strohschein 7th Kevin Strohschein 6th 7th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars Matt Hardy 8th Matt Hardy 2nd 3rd
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Corbin Martin 9th Nobuyori Okada 7th(tied) 9th
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Joey Curletta 10th Yoel Andujar 4th(tied) 5th
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Wasner Peguero 11th 11th(tied) 12th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Leobaldo Cabrera 12th Leobaldo Cabrera 7th(tied) 10th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars Solomon Bates 1st Solomon Bates 7th(tied) 6th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Kris Medlen 2nd Wander Cabrera 4th(tied) 2nd
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles Austin Moore 3rd Evan Sperling 9th(tied) 8th
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Patrick Murphy 4th Victor Concepcion 4th(tied) 3rd
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Chris Paddack 5th Masahiro Nagata 7th(tied) 9th
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Jarrett Montgomery 6th Jarrett Montgomery 12th 12th
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Harol Gonzalez 7th Matt McGarry 1st 1st
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Max Wotell 8th Tadanobu Nakagawa 9th(tied) 10th
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Grant Sloan 9th Nick Lodolo 6th 7th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons Nick Wells 10th Kenshin Hayagawa 3rd 4th
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Freddy Peralta 11th Diony Rodriguez 2nd 5th
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Julio Mateo 12th Keegan James 9th(tied) 11th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Elvis Araujo 1st Akihiro Kichida 11th(tied) 8th
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters James Pazos 2nd Nobuatsu Kichikawa 6th 3rd
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Jimmy Yacabonis 3rd Kazutoshi Okabe 1st 1st
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Neftali Feliz 4th Yoritomo Fujishima 2nd(tied) 2nd
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles C.K. Irby 5th Mario Manuel 10th 10th
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Scott Oberg 6th Stephen Kolek 5th 5th
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Yhonathan Barrios 7th Gregorio Sequera 7th 6th
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Jose Leclerc 8th Keitaro Kichida 9th 9th
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Tom Harlan 9th Masahide Kobayashi 2nd(tied) 4th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons Jorge N. Rodriguez 10th Emilio Ferrebus 8th 11th
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Cole Baker 11th Sean Mathews 11th(tied) 12th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars John Cornely 12th Yerry De Los Santos 4th 7th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hiroshima Toyo (Ni-Gun) Carp Sergio Romo 1st Tokugawa Yamasaki 2nd 1st
Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) Hawks Fernando Salas 2nd Akihiro Kichida 5th(tied) 5th
Tokyo Yakult (Ni-Gun) Swallows Enrique Burgos 3rd Kazutoshi Okabe 1st 2nd
Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) Fighters Nick Sawyer 4th Bryant Jordan 3rd 3rd
Tohoku Rakuten (Ni-Gun) Golden Eagles Corey Taylor 5th Mario Manuel 4th 4th
Orix (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes Yoshinaka Iwata 6th Yoshinaka Iwata 5th(tied) 6th
Seibu (Ni-Gun) Lions Connor Lunn 7th Connor Lunn 5th(tied) 7th
Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) Marines Yoichibei Toyota 8th Yoichibei Toyota 5th(tied) 8th
Chunichi (Ni-Gun) Dragons Javier Valentin-Rodriguez 9th Javier Valentin-Rodriguez 5th(tied) 9th
Hanshin (Ni-Gun) Tigers Toshimichi Tsuchiya 10th Toshimichi Tsuchiya 5th(tied) 10th
Yomiuri (Ni-Gun) Giants Nobuhiko Yamamoto 11th Nobuhiko Yamamoto 5th(tied) 11th
Yokohama (Ni-Gun) Bay Stars Naomi Tenno 12th Naomi Tenno 5th(tied) 12th
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