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Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
[Draft pick, name - position (throws/bats) age]
Yomiuri Giants
J Yuuya Kubo - P (R/R) 22
J Hiroshi Kisanuki - P (R/R) 22
4 Masahiro Nagada - IF (R/L) 18
5 Mitsunobu Yamamoto - OF (R/R) 18
6 Kenji Yano - OF (R/R) 22
7 Hikihiko Irino - C (R/R) 22
8 Yusuke Yokokawa - C (R/R) 18
Yakult Swallows
1 Yuhei Takai - P (L/L) 18
3 Shuhei Tateyama - P (R/R) 21
4 Masayoshi Izumi - P (R/R) 18
5 Heishu Ohhara - IF (R/R) 18
6 Fumio Katayama - P (R/R) 18
7 Soshiro Takahashi - C (R/R) 22
8 Masahiro Yoshikawa - P (R/L) 24
9 Takanori Komori - P (R/R) 22
10 Satoshi Kubota - OF (R/L) 25
11 Jun Ohtsuka - IF (R/R) 18
Chunichi Dragons
1 Ryusuke Morioka - IF (R/L) 18
3 Yoshimi Sakurai - OF (R/R) 18
4 Daisuke Ue - P (L/L) 22
5 Shoji Nagamine - P (L/L) 18
6 Masato Kobayashi - P (L/L) 22
7 Norbert Semanaka - IF (L/L) 18
8 Masataka Minatogawa - IF (R/R) 22
Hanshin Tigers
J Naohisa Sugiyama - P (R/R) 22
J Hirotaka Egusa - P (L/L) 22
4 Yasuhiro Nakamura - P (L/L) 24
5 Tomoyuki Kubota - P (R/R) 21
6 Hiroshi Santoh - P (L/L) 24
7 Weitz Lin (sp?) - OF (L/L) 23
8 Ryohei Tamura - P (L/L) 18
9 Satoshi Arai - P (L/L) 20
10 Takateru Iyono - P (R/R) 22
11 Daisuke Kayajima - IF (R/L) 22
12 Keita Matsushita - OF (L/L) 18
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
J Katsuhiro Nagakawa - P (R/R) 22
2 Kei Yoshida - P (L/L) 18
4 Tomoya Sayashi - OF (R/R) 22
5 Takaaki Matsumoto - OF (R/L) 18
Yokohama BayStars
J Shuichi Murata - IF (R/R) 22
J Ryutaro Doi - P (R/R) 21
4 Takeharu Katoh - P (R/R) 24
5 Yuuki Yoshimura - IF (R/R) 18
6 Toshiyuki Kitagawa - IF (R/L) 23
7 Ryuichiro Iida - P (L/L) 17
8 Yuuki Kohno - OF (R/L) 22
9 Takeshi Tsutsumiuchi - P (R/R) 22
10 Shingo Takeyama - C (R/R) 18
11 Shohgo Kimura - IF (R/L) 22
Seibu Lions
J Shuichiro Osada - P (R/R) 22
J Taketoshi Gotoh - IF (R/R) 22
4 Chikara Onodera - P (R/R) 22
5 Shinsuke Kasuga - IF (R/R) 18
6 Tatsuyuki Uemoto - C (R/L) 22
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
1 Tomotaka Sakaguchi - OF (R/L) 18
3 Yujiro Kakei - C (R/L) 18
4 Kenta Abe - P (R/L) 18
5 Itaru Uto - P (R/R) 18
6 Tetsuya Yokoyama - C (R/R) 18
7 Hiroaki Ohnishi - OF (R/R) 22
8 Shinji Shimoyama - OF (R/R) 27
9 Nobutoshi Ido - OF (R/S) 26
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
J Tsuyoshi Wada - P (L/L) 22
J Nagisa Arakaki - P (R/R) 22
4 Daiki Mizoguchi - P (L/L) 18
5 Ryuji Ohno - C (R/R) 22
6 Satoru Morimoto - IF (R/R) 24
7 Naoki Tanaka - IF (R/R) 18
8 Homare Inamine - IF (R/L) 22
Chiba Lotte Marines
1 Tsuyoshi Nishioka - IF (R/L) 18
3 Keita Asama - P (L/L) 18
4 Yoshihide Kanda - P (R/R) 23
5 Atsushi Suzuki - P (L/L) 23
6 Takeshi Kanazawa - C (R/L) 18
7 Yasushi Sakai - P (R/R) 23
8 Keisuke Hayasaka - IF (R/L) 18
Nippon Ham Fighters
1 Masaya Ozaki - IF (R/R) 18
3 Ken Kamakura - P (R/R) 18
4 Hisashi Takeda - P (R/L) 24
5 Eiichi Koyano - IF (R/R) 22
6 Toshimasa Konda - OF (R/L) 22
7 Gohki Ikeda - IF (L/L) 18
8 Shinya Tsuruoka - C (R/R) 21
Orix BlueWave
J Daisuke Katoh - P (R/R) 22
2 Makoto Suzuki - P (R/R) 27
4 Daisuke Maeda - C (R/R) 23
5 Toshio Kikuchi - IF (R/R) 18
6 Masaru Nagata - C (R/R) 18
7 Daisuke Shioya - P (L/L) 26
8 Toshiya Nakashima - OF (R/R) 22
The "J" for draft pick means that a player chose the team to be drafted by as his choice. The jiyu picks then complicate the draft numbering system, so rounds 1 through 4 kind of jump around a bit. The draft ordering was discussed last year if anyone is interested in looking through the archives.
Comments about the players are welcome.