The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 25, , for the 48th time at the

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to assign amateur baseball players to the

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. It was arranged with the special cooperation of

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with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by TOSHIBA ".It has been sponsored by Toshiba for the 4th consecutive year since 2009.

Summary

Only the first round picks will be done by bid lottery. After the second round, waver selections were made in order from the lowest-ranked team of the 2012 season in both the

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and

Pacific League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consis ...

, the third round was reversed and selections were made from the top team, and the fourth round was reversed again, alternating with selections from the lowest-ranked team until all teams had finished selecting players. Since the season, the winner of the

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has determined whether the Central League or the Pacific League gets waiver preference after the second round. In the 2012 All-Star Game, the Central League won two games, so the Central League was given waiver priority over the Central League.

First Round Contested Picks

* Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. * In the first round,

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(Pitcher) was selected by

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(Pitcher) was selected by

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and

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(Pitcher) by

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without a bid lottery. * In the second round, Hiroyuki Shirasaki (Infielder) was selected by Baystars and

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(Pitcher) by Swallows without a bid lottery. * In the thrird round, Takahiro Matsuba (Pitcher) was selected by Buffaloes and

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(Outfielder) by Carp without a bid lottery. * List of selected players.

Selected Players

*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.

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

Orix Buffaloes

Hanshin Tigers

Chiba Lotte Marines

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Chunichi Dragons

Saitama Seibu Lions

Yomiuri Giants

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

References

External links

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