But if more than two teams simultaneously choose the same player, the supervisors of each team must simultaneously take the stage and decide the player's ownership through a lottery.

It's worth noting that the team acquires only the negotiation rights with the player here, which doesn't mean they can formally sign the player—if the player has strong personal desires, they can choose to refuse to sign with the team.

In the opinion of both media and professionals, the 2010 draft is undoubtedly a year for pitchers:

Saito Yuuki, Daishi Tatsuya, and Fukui Yuuya from Waseda University, and Manabu Mima from Chuo University are all extremely outstanding pitchers. For teams in urgent need of pitchers with immediate battle strength, they are undoubtedly targets for fierce competition from various parties;

Ichiyotai Shintaro from Tokai University Sagami High School, with excellent physical conditions, can break the speed of 150 km/h while still in high school, and is seen by professional scouts as having great potential. He is a potential rising star for the team's future main pitcher reserves.

Although the lineup of fielders is not as rich as pitchers, it still includes immediate talent like Yanagida Yuuki from Hiroshima University of Economics, as well as young geniuses worth investing resources in for development, such as Yamada Tetsuro and Nishikawa Haruki.

As selections by major teams conclude, the host begins to announce the list of first-round picks, and with each name pronounced, the atmosphere on the scene becomes increasingly fervent.

"Yokohama, Daishi Tatsuya, pitcher, Waseda University."

"Tohoku Rakuten, Daishi Tatsuya, pitcher, Waseda University."

"Hiroshima Toyo, Daishi Tatsuya, pitcher, Waseda University."

"Orix, Daishi Tatsuya, pitcher, Waseda University."

"Tokyo Yakult, Saito Yuuki, pitcher, Waseda University."

"Hokkaido Nippon Ham, Saito Yuuki, pitcher, Waseda University."

"Yomiuri Giants, Sawamura Takuya, pitcher, Chuo University."

"Chiba Lotte, Saito Yuuki, pitcher, Waseda University."

"Hanshin, Daishi Tatsuya, pitcher, Waseda University."

"Saitama Seibu Lions, Daishi Tatsuya, pitcher, Waseda University."

"Chunichi Dragons, Ono Yuudai, pitcher, Buddhist University."

"Fukuoka SoftBank, Saito Yuuki, pitcher, Waseda University."

The first list of first-round picks is released, Daishi Tatsuya receives six team selections, Saito Yuuki receives four team selections—Waseda University becomes the biggest winner of this nomination meeting.

Since Sawamura Takuya and Ono Yuudai received singular selections, Yomiuri Giants and Chunichi Dragons directly obtain negotiation rights;

and for those who received multiple selections, Daishi Tatsuya and Saito Yuuki, it's a matter of which team has better luck—

Ultimately, supervisors Watanabe Hisashi of Saitama Seibu Lions and Nakata Masakatsu of Hokkaido Ham are favored by Lady Luck, raising their hands amidst the crowd to celebrate as they each secure a talented genius player for their teams.

The nomination meeting continues to proceed in an orderly fashion.

As the two popular pitchers, Daishi Tatsuya and Saito Yuuki, respectively head to Seibu Dome and Sapporo Dome, those teams with slightly less luck begin to consider other nominees.

According to Nihon Professional Baseball draft rules, the first phase nominations are mandatory, and each team must choose at least one potential rookie as their first pick. If repeated, a lottery, and if lottery fails, another selection is made. Repeated again and lottery again, until selecting a first-round pick, after which teams decide themselves whether to participate in the second-round or third-round phases.

The choices of each team reflect the characteristics of the Nihon Professional Baseball: In the second phase of the first round, out of the remaining eight teams, six continue to dig for pitchers, and two focus on fielders—but uniformly, all eight teams narrow their scope down to university players to supplement their teams with immediate battle strength.

Compared to high-potential but resource-consuming and high-risk high school graduates, many teams still prefer those university players with relatively better completion rates, who can contribute immediately to the main team as immediate battle strength—

After all, compared to the amateur events in high school which involve certain chances, the intensity of university league is far higher, and the training and match intensity in baseball prestigious schools can be comparable to the second teams of professional clubs, thus better measuring the true abilities of players.

At this stage, two more teams fight in the scramble for players—Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes lose in player signing rights competition respectively to Rakuten Golden Eagles and Chiba Lotte, failing to secure their desired players;

At this point, when both teams make their third choice, they finally focus on high school players—among the remaining players now either the potential is insufficient, unworthy of a first-round pick; or the strength is decent but does not align with the supervising style of the team.

Given such circumstances, why not choose a high school player who is unanimously recognized by team scouts, gamble on future and potential, maximizing team interests.

Coincidentally, the focus of these two teams converges once more onto the same player:

Yamada Tetsuro, the main second base/shortstop of Luzhengshe High School, becomes this conference's only high school graduate to be named in the first round.

Standing over 180 cm tall, Yamada Tetsuro has excellent physical fitness. Leading Luzhengshe from a region as outstanding as Osaka has already proven his abilities: excellent defensive skills, a regional tournament career batting average of 0.435, notable Summer甲 performance—these factors combined have also garnered the attention of professional scouts.

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