2019 Seibu Lions: How the roster was built

The Saitama Seibu Lions roster is already available in English. When you look at the Japanese website, it shows more profile on the player if he was drafted by the team and even shows his previous high school or other teams from college or the shakaijin leagues.

We accumulated as much data as we could when it comes to salary. where he was drafted, where he previously played baseball and more. While not all salaries are listed, here is what we have from jersey number to other acquisition origins:

Starting Pitchers:

Ken Togame (21) [1st round draft pick, 2011] I; {JR East} ¥51 million
Chun-Lin Kuo (69) [Free agent, 2014]* {Taiwanese National Team U23} ¥12 million
Kona Takahashi (13) [1st round draft pick, 2014] HS; {Maebashi Ikuei} ¥18.5 million
Shinsaburo Tawata (18) [1st round draft pick, 2015] U; {Fuji} ¥80 million
Keisuke Honda (45) [6th round draft pick, 2015] U; {Tohoku Gakuin} ¥6.5 million
Makoto Aiuchi (41) [2nd round draft pick, 2012] HS; {Chiba Kokusai} ¥6.4 million
Fabio Castillo (47) [Free agent, 2017]* {Los Angeles Dodgers} ¥33 million
Hayato Takagi (20) [Compensation for loss of Ryoma Nogami]& {Yomiuri Giants} ¥30.3 million
Yasuo Sano (34) [2nd round draft pick, 2014] U; {Heisei} ¥13 million
Tatsuya Imai (11) [1st round draft pick, 2016] HS; {Sakushin Gakuin} ¥18 million
Daiki Enokida (30) [Acquired in trade for Yosuke Okamoto]# ¥55 million

Kaima Taira (61) [4th round draft pick, 2017] HS; {Yaeyama Shoko} ¥6 million
Zach Neal (54) [Free Agent]* {Los Angeles Dodgers} ¥71.5 million


Relief Pitchers:

Tatsushi Masuda (14) [1st round draft pick, 2012] I; {NTT West} ¥100 million
Shota Takekuma (48) [4th round high school draft pick, 2007] ^; {Asahikawa Kogyo} ¥63.5 million
Tatsuya Oishi (15) [1st round draft pick, 2010] U; {Waseda} ¥11.7 million
Hirotaka Koishi (29) [2nd round draft pick, 2011] I; {NTT East} ¥13.3 million
Shogo Noda (23) [3rd round draft pick ,2015] I; {Seino Unyu} ¥30 million
Tadasuke Minamikawa (59) [5th round draft pick, 2015] I; {JR Shikoku} ¥7.7 million
Tsubasa Kokuba (57) [8th round draft pick, 2015] U; {Daichi Kogyo} ¥5.4 million
Koki Fujita (67) [9th round draft pick, 2015] HS; {Hirosaki Kogyo} ¥5 million
Naoaki Matsumoto (66) [10th round draft pick, 2015] In; {Kagawa Olive Guyners} ¥8 million
Shunta Nakatsuka (22) [2nd round draft pick, 2016] U; {Hakuoh} ¥9.3 million
Katsunori Hirai (25) [5th round draft pick, 2016] I; {Honda Suzuka} ¥35 million
Ichiro Tamura (40) [6th round draft pick, 2016] U; {Rikkyo} ¥7 million
Deunte Heath (68) [Free agent]* {Toyama Thunderbirds} ¥77 million
Kyle Martin (42) [Free agent]* {Boston Red Sox} ¥93.5 million
Hiromasa Saito (19) [1st round draft pick, 2017] U; {Meiji} ¥16 million

Sho Ito (36) [3rd round draft pick, 2017] In; {Tokushima Indigo Socks} ¥8.2 million

Jen-Lei Liao (50) [Free agent]% {Yomiuri Giants} ¥6 million

Ryuya Ogawa (44) [Trade for cash considerations]# {Chunichi Dragons} ¥17 million

Tetsuya Utsumi (27) [Compensation for the loss of Ginjiro Sumitani]& {Yomiuri Giants} ¥100 million

Rookie Pitchers:

Wataru Matsumoto (17) [1st round draft pick, 2018]U; {Nihon Taiiku} ¥15 million

Yutaro Watanabe (12) [2nd round draft pick, 2018]HS; {Urawa Gakuin} ¥6.5 million

Kaito Awatsu (26) [4th round draft pick, 2018]U; {Higashi Nihon Kokusai} ¥10 million

Ryosuke Moriwaki (28) [6th round draft pick, 2018]I; {Sega Sammy} ¥10 million

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Catchers:

Tomoya Mori (10) [1st round draft pick, 2013] HS; {Osaka Toin} ¥80 million
Masatoshi Okada (37) [6th round draft pick, 2013] I; {Osaka Gas} ¥28.7 million
Shota Nakata (64) [6th round high school draft pick, 2007] ^; {Naruto} ¥5.7 million
Hitoto Komazuki (62) [3rd round draft pick, 2011] HS; {Kyoto Shiritsu Tonan} ¥5.1 million

Rookie Catcher:

Shoya Makino (38) [5th round draft pick, 2018]HS; {Yugakkankoto} ¥6 million

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Infielders:

Ernesto Mejia (99) [Free agent, May 2014]* {Atlanta Braves AAA} ¥500 million
Takeya "Okawari-Kun" Nakamura (60) [2nd round draft pick, 2001] HS; {Osaka Toin} ¥280 million
Sosuke Genda (6) [3rd round draft pick, 2016] I; {Toyota Motors} ¥80 million
Hotaka Yamakawa (33) [2nd round draft pick, 2013] U; {Fuji} ¥110 million
Shuta Tonosaki (5) [3rd round draft pick, 2014] U {Fuji} ¥70 million
Kyohei Nagae (32) [4th round draft pick, 2011] HS {Nagasaki Kaisei} ¥10.4 million
Nien Ting Wu (39) [7th round draft pick, 2015] U; {Daichi Kogyo} ¥6.5 million
Haruka Yamada (52) [5th round draft pick, 2014] HS; {Saga Kogyo} ¥6.5 million
Kazuki Kaneko (56) [4th round draft pick, 2013] HS; {Fujisawa} ¥6.5 million
Daichi Mizuguchi (0) [Ikusei draft pick, 2012] iIn; {Kagawa Olive Guyners} ¥7.7 million

Ryusei Tsunashima (63) [6th round draft pick, 2017] HS; {Itoigawa Hakurei} ¥5 million

Manaya Nishikawa (51) [2nd round pick, 2017] HS {Hanasaki Tokuharu} ¥7 million

Rookie Infielders:

Kakeru Yamanobe (4) [3rd round draft pick, 2018]I; {Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki} ¥12 million

Ryusei Sato (31) [7th round draft pick, 2018]U; {Fuji} ¥6 million


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Outfielders:

Shogo Akiyama (55) [3rd round draft pick, 2010] U; {Hachinohe} ¥234.9 million
Takumi Kuriyama (1) [4th round draft pick, 2001] HS; {Ikuei} ¥137 million
Shogo Saito (65) [7th round high school draft pick, 2007] ^; {Kasukabe Kyoei} ¥15 million
Fumikazu Kimura (9) [1st round high school draft pick, 2006]^; {Saitama Sakae} ¥23.6 million
Masato Kumashiro (58) [6th round draft pick, 2010] I; {Oji Paper} ¥10 million
Aito Takeda (53) [4th round draft pick, 2015] HS; {Hanasaki Tokuharu} ¥6.2 million
Daisuke Togawa (71) [Ikusei pick, 2014] iHS; {Hokkai} ¥5 milllion
Yuji Kaneko (8) [3rd round draft pick, 2012] U; {Ritsumeikan} ¥57 million
Shohei Suzuki (46) [4th round draft pick, 2016] HS {Shizuoka} ¥6 million
Seiji Kawagoe (72) [2nd round draft pick, 2015] U; {Hokkai Gakuen} ¥7.6 million

Wataru Takagi (73) [1st round ikusei pick, 2017] iHS {Shiritsu Shinsokan} ¥5 million

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Ikusei:

C Masato Saito (122) [2nd round ikusei pick, 2017] U {Hokkaido Kyoiku Iwamizawa} ¥3 million
P Tomomi Takahashi (123) [4th round draft pick, 2012] I; {Seino Unyu} ¥20 million
P Kaito Yoza (124) [5th round draft pick, 2017]U; {Gifu Keizai} ¥7 million

P Jiyu Okubo (126) [2nd round ikusei pick, 2018]iHS; {Hokkai} ¥2.8 million

P Aoi Tono (125) [1st round ikusei pick, 2018]iU; {Nihonkezai} ¥4 million

C Daichi Nakaguma (127) [3rd round ikusei pick, 2018]iU; {Tokuyama} ¥4 million

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Legend:

U - Drafted out of University/College

I - Drafted out of Industrial League (Shakaijin)

In - Drafted out of Independent League

HS - Drafted out of High School

^ - Drafted in a year where High School and University drafts were separate. From 2005-2007, those taken in high school were separated from those taken out Universities or Industrial/Independent League teams.

* - Foreign import signing 

% - Domestic Free Agent

& - Free Agent compensation selection

# - Acquired by trade

i - Ikusei draft pick. It's similar to how an NFL practice squad works, except they're drafted in an ikusei round after the initial NPB Draft. For more information, you can click here.

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Lastly, here is the coaching staff of the Lions both at the ichi-gun and ni-gun level. This is listed on the Lions website.

Head Manager (Supervisor)
85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji (田辺 徳雄)

Ichi-gun Coaches
83 Toshifumi Baba (馬場 敏史) – Strategy, Infield defense, base-running 

88 Kazuyoshi Ono (小野 和義) - Pitching*

74 Fumiya Nishiguchi (西口 文也) –  Pitching

84 Kosaku Akimoto (秋元 宏作) – Battery

76 Masahiro Abe (阿部 真宏) - Hitting

86 Shogo Akada (赤田 将吾) – Hitting^

87 Satoshi Kuroda (黒田 哲史) – Infield defense and Base-running^
70 Tomoaki Sato (佐藤 友亮) – Outfield defense and Base-running (1B coach)

Ni-gun Coaches
77 Kazuo Matsui (松井 稼頭央) - Manager 

75 Hiroyuki Takagi (高木 浩之) – Farm position player and Head Coach (NP)

90 Kento Sugiyama (杉山 賢人) – Farm Pitching

91 Ming-Chieh Hsu (许铭杰) – Farm Pitching

82 Kosuke Noda (野田 浩輔) – Farm Battery

89 Hiroshi Hirao (平尾 博司) – Hitting, Infield and Base-Running*

80 Shigenobu Shima (嶋 重宣) – Batting (NP)
81 Takanori Hoshi (星 孝典) – Ikusei and development

92 Eiji Kiyokawa (清川 栄治) – Roving/Patrol pitching coach*

* New coach
^ Promoted to ichi-gun

NP - New Position

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