The first round of the NPB Draft is a nomination and lottery system.
The chart displays the likelihood of a team nominating a player based on consensus opinion and my prediction as of late September.
Nomination | Seibu | Yakult | Orix | Chunichi | Rakuten | Hiroshima | Lotte | DeNA | Nippon-Ham | Hanshin | SoftBank | Yomiuri |
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Kanemaru | Unlikely | Likely | Unlikely | Very Likely | Maybe | Unlikely | Maybe | Likely | Maybe | Maybe | Likely | Likely |
Muneyama | Maybe | Maybe | Unlikely | Unlikely | Maybe | Maybe | Maybe | Unlikely | Very Likely | Very Likely | Maybe | Unlikely |
Nakamura | Unlikely | Maybe | Unlikely | Likely | Likely | Unlikely | Maybe | Maybe | Unlikely | Unlikely | Maybe | Unlikely |
Ishizuka | Maybe | Maybe | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely | Maybe | Maybe | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely | Maybe | Maybe |
Nishikawa | Very Likely | Maybe | Maybe | Unlikely | Maybe | Very Likely | Maybe | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely |
Watanabe | Maybe | Unlikely | Likely | Unlikely | Unlikely | Maybe | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely |
Other | Unlikely | Unlikely | Maybe | Unlikely | Maybe | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely | Maybe | Unlikely | Unlikely | Unlikely |
Prediction | Nishikawa | Ishizuka | Watanabe | Kanemaru | Nakamura | Nishikawa | Nakamura | Kanemaru | Muneyama | Muneyama | Kanemaru | Kanemaru |