2011 Free Agents
by Gen on Nov.08, 2011 @ 11:54 pm, under NPB
The NPB released a list of players that have free agent options on Tuesday. Of the 93 players, 22 hold domestic options while 71 hold international options.
2011 Free Agent List
| Softbank Hawks | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| * | 杉内 俊哉 | Sugiuchi, Toshiya | DOM |
| * | 和田 毅 | Wada, Tsuyoshi | INT |
| 藤田 宗一 | Fujita, Soichi | INT | |
| 小久保 裕紀 | Kokubo, Hiroki | INT | |
| Ａ．カブレラ | Cabrera, Alex | INT | |
| * | 川崎 宗則 | Kawasaki, Munenori | INT |
| + | 柴原 洋 | Shibahara, Hiroshi | INT |
| 松中 信彦 | Matsunaka, Nobuhiko | INT | |
| Nippon Ham Fighters | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| 木田 優夫 | Kida, Masao | INT | |
| 中嶋 聡 | Nakajima, Satoshi | INT | |
| * | 田中 賢介 | Tanaka, Kensuke | INT |
| 金子 誠 | Kaneko, Makoto | INT | |
| 二岡 智宏 | Nioka, Tomohiro | INT | |
| 稲葉 篤紀 | Inaba, Atsunori | INT | |
| Seibu Lions | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| * | ミンチェ | Hsu, Ming-Chieh | DOM |
| * | 帆足 和幸 | Hoashi, Kazuyuki | DOM |
| * | 中島 裕之 | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | DOM |
| * | Ｊ．フェルナンデス | Fernandez, Jose | DOM |
| 西口 文也 | Nishiguchi, Fumiya | INT | |
| # | 石井 一久 | Ishii, Kazuhisa | INT |
| * | 星野 智樹 | Hoshino, Tomoki | INT |
| 石井 義人 | Ishii, Yoshihito | INT | |
| 平尾 博嗣 | Hirao, Hiroshi | INT | |
| * | 阿部 真宏 | Abe, Masahiro | INT |
| * | 佐藤 友亮 | Sato, Tomoaki | INT |
| Orix Buffaloes | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| 長谷川 昌幸 | Hasegawa, Masayuki | DOM | |
| * | 鈴木 郁洋 | Suzuki, Fumihiro | DOM |
| * | 赤田 将吾 | Akada, Shogo | DOM |
| 日高 剛 | Hidaka, Takeshi | INT | |
| 北川 博敏 | Kitagawa, Hirotoshi | INT | |
| 坪井 智哉 | Tsuboi, Tomochika | INT | |
| Rakuten Eagles | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| * | 山村 宏樹 | Yamamura, Hiroki | DOM |
| * | 岩村 明憲 | Iwamura, Akinori | DOM |
| 高須 洋介 | Takasu, Yosuke | INT | |
| 山崎 武司 | Yamasaki, Takeshi | INT | |
| * | 岩隈 久志 | Iwakuma, Hisashi | INT |
| Chiba Lotte Marines | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| * | 吉見 祐治 | Yoshimi, Yuji | INT |
| 小野 晋吾 | Ono, Shingo | INT | |
| * | 渡辺 俊介 | Watanabe, Shunsuke | INT |
| 川越 英隆 | Kawagoe, Hidetaka | INT | |
| * | 里崎 智也 | Satozaki, Tomoya | INT |
| 今岡 誠 | Imaoka, Makoto | INT | |
| 井口 資仁 | Iguchi, Tadahito | INT | |
| 福浦 和也 | Fukuura, Kazuya | INT | |
| Chunichi Dragons | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| * | 河原 純一 | Kawahara, Junichi | DOM |
| * | 小田 幸平 | Oda, Kohei | DOM |
| * | 小池 正晃 | Koike, Masaaki | DOM |
| 岩瀬 仁紀 | Iwase, Hitoki | INT | |
| 平井 正史 | Hirai, Masafumi | INT | |
| 山本昌 | Yamamoto, Masahiro | INT | |
| 谷繁 元信 | Tanishige, Motonobu | INT | |
| 荒木 雅博 | Araki, Masahiro | INT | |
| 井端 弘和 | Ibata, Hirokazu | INT | |
| 佐伯 貴弘 | Saeki, Takahiro | INT | |
| 森野 将彦 | Morino, Masahiko | INT | |
| # | 和田 一浩 | Wada, Kazuhiro | INT |
| 英智 | Kuramoto, Hidenori | INT | |
| Yakult Swallows | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| + | 濱中 治 | Hamanaka, Osamu | DOM |
| * | 石川 雅規 | Ishikawa, Masanori | INT |
| 宮本 慎也 | Miyamoto, Shinya | INT | |
| 福地 寿樹 | Fukuchi, Kazuki | INT | |
| * | 宮出 隆自 | Miyade, Ryuji | INT |
| Yomiuri Giants | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| * | 鶴岡 一成 | Tsuruoka, Kazunari | DOM |
| 阿部 慎之助 | Abe, Shinnosuke | INT | |
| 小笠原 道大 | Ogasawara, Michihiro | INT | |
| * | 高橋 信二 | Takahashi, Shinji | INT |
| 古城 茂幸 | Furuki, Shigeyuki | INT | |
| 大村 三郎 | Omura, Saburo | INT | |
| Ａ．ラミレス | Ramirez, Alex | INT | |
| 谷 佳知 | Tani, Yoshitomo | INT | |
| * | 鈴木 尚広 | Suzuki, Takahiro | INT |
| 高橋 由伸 | Takahashi, Yoshinobu | INT | |
| Hanshin Tigers | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| 安藤 優也 | Ando, Yuya | DOM | |
| * | 藤川 球児 | Fujikawa, Kyuji | DOM |
| * | 鳥谷 敬 | Toritani, Takashi | DOM |
| 福原 忍 | Fukuhara, Shinobu | INT | |
| # | 新井 貴浩 | Arai, Takahiro | INT |
| 金本 知憲 | Kanemoto, Tomoaki | INT | |
| 桧山 進次郎 | Hiyama, Shinjiro | INT | |
| Hiroshima Carp | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| 菊地原 毅 | Kikuchihara, Tsuyoshi | DOM | |
| * | 栗原 健太 | Kurihara, Kenta | DOM |
| * | 廣瀬 純 | Hirose, Jun | DOM |
| 横山 竜士 | Yokoyama, Ryuji | INT | |
| + | 豊田 清 | Toyoda, Kiyoshi | INT |
| * | 石原 慶幸 | Ishihara, Yoshiyuki | INT |
| 倉 義和 | Kura, Yoshikazu | INT | |
| 東出 輝裕 | Higashide, Akihiro | INT | |
| 石井 琢朗 | Ishii, Takuro | INT | |
| 前田 智徳 | Maeda, Tomonori | INT | |
| * | 嶋 重宣 | Shima, Shigenobu | INT |
| Yokohama Bay Stars | |||
| Player JPN | Player ENG | Type | |
| * | 篠原 貴行 | Shinohara, Takayuki | DOM |
| 清水 直行 | Shimizu, Naoyuki | INT | |
| * | 村田 修一 | Murata, Shuichi | INT |
* Newly earned
# Re-earned
+ Retired
November 9th, 2011 on 5:04 am
Looking at this list, and the uncertainty with their foreign players, it looks like there could be a lot of turnover for the Dragons this offseason. My guess is that many of their current players will re-sign. Their infield, and core in general, has been together for a long time now. It will be interesting to see what there roster will look like next year.