In this draft, the most high-profile player was Komeito University pitcher Nakamida. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The fastest right-hand pitcher, who is 156 kilometers away, is not only considered a draft target by all 12 professional baseball teams in Japan. It has long attracted the attention of major league teams.

"Then why not just go to the big leagues?"

Li Yuanrang asked Yabe, who was sitting next to him.

The players sat on the artificial turf of the indoor driving range and watched the team supervisors and senior management enter the draft venue.

"If you go to the major leagues, I guess you will have to start from the farm in the first few years, and if you stay in Japan, you may be able to enter the first team next year."

In recent years, there have been many reports that amateur players in Japan have been directly favored by major leagues.

However, there are few examples of true first-line newcomers abandoning the Japanese professional baseball draft and going straight to the major leagues.

There are both growth route considerations and economic factors.

After all, the major leagues are the highest level of baseball in the world. Even newcomers, who are regarded as phenomenal in Japan, have no possibility of directly joining the major leagues in the United States.

And what about going to the Little League Farm to grind?

Training facilities may not be complete, and away games are played by bus. In the noisy township ball game.

With such a development environment, I am afraid it is better to stay in the Japanese league, even if it is the second army.

What's more, the first round of nominees in Japanese professional baseball often get hundreds of millions of yen in signing fees and more than 10 million annual salaries.

It's all more attractive than a small league farm, which pays a few hundred dollars a week.

If his career goes well, after five or six years in the Japanese league, his salary will reach hundreds of millions of yen.

When the time comes, if you talk about challenging the major leagues, the annual salary will start at a few million dollars, and maybe it will be tens of millions.

So no matter how you look at it, it's more cost-effective to challenge the major leagues through the Japanese league.

"And he was injured for most of the year last year, which is probably a potential risk for the American team."

In Japan's amateur ball world, pitching is one of the most overused positions.

This is especially true for talented teenagers.

The Komeito University's Nakata showed his baseball talent from an early age. He has been a team pitcher since he was in the first grade of elementary school.

As a result, after entering Komeito High School in high school, the hidden danger of an old injury to his right arm was soon exposed in training.

He played as an outfielder for the entire three years of college, which is why he didn't stand out in the draft of the year he graduated from college.

After going straight from a university to a university of the same series. Nakata once again returned to the pitcher position and threw a 156-kilometer speedball in one fell swoop, which attracted the attention of professional baseball.

As a result, an old right arm injury recurred half a year before the draft. I've only recently resumed pitching on the board.

Even for a Japanese professional baseball team, choosing such a player is quite risky.

Half a year ago, the 12-ball team had locked up the rookie to be named in the first round of the draft, and now it seems that the heat may decrease.

"There will probably be a maximum of eight teams, and at least four teams will participate in the draw."

This was the judgment of the Overseer Yagi.

Regardless of the question of injury or non-injury, the draw of this kind of hot newcomer is a battle of wits and courage in itself.

The teams that can win the lottery are of course lucky. But the team that doesn't win the draw takes a big risk.

They can only choose a replacement target from the remaining players selected by other teams.

If it's a draft in a certain world, like this year. The number of high-profile newcomers is low. Then the team may be selected after the lottery fails, and it may be a second-rate "draft champion".

In this case, many teams will do the opposite, choosing the third and fourth picks in the favorite.

The broadcast continued, and the results of the highly-anticipated first-round draft were revealed.

Komeito University's Nakata attracted five teams to participate in the draw.

Another college pitcher, Yanagimoto, attracted both teams.

The other five teams in the 12-ball team each chose a player and directly obtained the right to negotiate.

The three teams of Seibu, Tohoku Rakuten, and Tokyo Yakult have chosen newcomers who are active in the college football world.

The Pacific League team ORIX named a social person, that is, a combat player.

Lee Wonrang continued to watch the draft list.

"The hill of Shiratori University?"

It's a name he's heard.

"Inspector Yagi, this is your contestant from Shiratori University."

Akio Yabe also found this.

Hanshin, a professional baseball star in the Kansai region, actually chose a college student infielder who did not have any media attention before the draft in the first round of the draft.

If it weren't for the Yagi overseer, the name was mentioned before.

Li Yuanrang and the members of the Peace School would not know who this guy was.

"How could it be the first round......

Even Inspector Yagi was a little confused.

Oyama, an infielder from Ibaraki Prefecture, can be regarded as a player who has grown up under the supervision of Yagi.

Although the batting percentage in the college league is not bad. But in any case, it is not possible to take the draft champion.

Not to mention the first round, even if it is put in the third round, it may not be snatched away.

In the opinion of Superintendent Yagi, pitcher Otsuka, who is also from Shiratori University, may have more possibilities to be selected in the first round.

"Even if you are afraid of drawing lots, you can choose the hexagon of Chongzhen University."

Chongzhen University's pitcher Hexagon was the second hottest rookie in this year's draft.

The ball speed is more than 150 kilometers, which is close to three-quarters of a horizontal throw. In terms of completion and health, he is rated higher than Nakata of Komeito. I'm afraid the loss is mainly due to the speed of the ball.

However, his name was not included in the first round of the list.

If Hanshin is afraid of the draw and wants to be stable, and directly selects the pitcher hexagon, then it is also possible to choose Koyama in the second round.

Now this choice is really confusing.

In the amazement of the audience. The draw begins.

The draw for the first round of the draft is the highlight of the whole tournament.

The overseers of the five teams took the stage together. Pull out a folded sheet of white paper from each of the plastic boxes.

Then five people open it together.

The one who has the right to negotiate is Fukuoka SoftBank Hawk.

For the other four teams who lost in the draw. Next, they must choose their first-round pick from the remaining players that have already been picked by other teams.

"In that case, everyone must choose hexagonals."

Inspector Yagi's speculation soon became a reality.

The four teams that lost in the draw plus the Yokohama team that lost in the draw in another set.

There are a total of five teams that have to choose their first-round pick from the remaining players.

And the five teams all named Chongzhen University's pitcher Hexagon.

In this case, it must be drawn again.

"If you don't win the lottery in this case, you will miss out on the best eight newcomers of the year."

Li Yuanrang crossed his fingers and counted and got such an answer.

"No, just missed out on the best seven. Words from the hill...... Can't be counted. ”

This is the statement of the overseer of Yagi.