The first round of the NPB Draft is a nomination and lottery system.
The chart displays the likelihood of a team nominating a player with their first selection based on consensus opinion and my final prediction as of October 22.
| Nomination | Seibu | Yakult | Orix | Chunichi | Rakuten | Hiroshima | Lotte | DeNA | Nippon-Ham | Hanshin | SoftBank | Yomiuri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanemaru | <1% | 40% | 10% | 80% | 15% | – | 25% | 60% | 5% | 45% | 40% | 80% |
| Muneyama | 5% | 15% | <1% | <1% | 35% | 100% | 15% | 5% | 80% | 40% | 45% | 5% |
| Nakamura | <1% | 15% | <1% | 20% | 30% | – | 20% | 20% | 5% | <1% | 5% | 5% |
| Ishizuka | 5% | 25% | <1% | <1% | 5% | – | 20% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 10% |
| Nishikawa | 70% | 5% | 35% | <1% | 10% | – | 15% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Watanabe | 20% | <1% | 45% | <1% | 5% | – | 5% | <1% | <1% | 5% | <1% | <1% |
| Other | <1% | <1% | 10% (Mugitani) | <1% | 5% | – | <1% | 15% (Fujita) | 10% (Shibata) | 10% (Kesamaru) | 5% | <1% |
| Prediction | Nishikawa | Ishizuka | Watanabe | Kanemaru | Nakamura | Muneyama | Kanemaru | Kanemaru | Muneyama | Muneyama | Kanemaru | Kanemaru |