2010 Orix Buffaloes Protected Players and Contracts
Protected List
| Pos | Name (ENG) | Name (JPN) | 2010 (NS) | Change (NS) | 2010 (S) | Change (S) |
| P | Shimizu, Akio | 清水 章夫 | 26M yen | +6M yen | 26M yen | +30% |
| P | Kishida, Mamoru | 岸田 護 | 50M yen | +18M yen | 50M yen | +56% |
| P | Kato, Daisuke | 加藤 大輔 | 80M yen | -12M yen | 80M yen | -13% |
| P | Hirano, Yoshihisa | 平野 佳寿 | 42M yen | +4M yen | 42M yen | +11% |
| P | Katsuki, Ryota | 香月 良太 | 33M yen | +11M yen | 33M yen | +50% |
| P | Kaneko, Chihiro | 金子 千尋 | 78M yen | +28M yen | 78M yen | +56% |
| P | Yamamoto, Shogo | 山本 省吾 | 64M yen | +14M yen | 64M yen | +28% |
| P | Kai, Takuya | 甲斐 拓哉 | 7M yen | -200,000 yen | 7M yen | -3% |
| P | Leicester, Jon | Ｊ．レスター | 32M yen | -8M yen | 32M yen | |
| P | Ihara, Masaki | 伊原 正樹 | 10M yen | -- | 10M yen | 0% |
| P | Komatsu, Satoshi | 小松 聖 | 48M yen | -9M yen | 48M yen | -16% |
| P | Kobayashi, Kenji | 小林 賢司 | 10M yen | -1M yen | 10M yen | -9% |
| P | Takagi, Yasunari | 高木 康成 | Traded to Giants | |||
| P | Motoyanagi, Kazuya | 本柳 和也 | 34M yen | -10M yen | 34M yen | -23% |
| P | Ohkubo, Masanobu | 大久保 勝信 | 35 yen | -- | 35M yen | 0% |
| P | Kamoshida, Takashi | 鴨志田 貴司 | 9.2M yen | -300,000 yen | 9.2M yen | -3% |
| P | Kikuchihara, Tsuyoshi | 菊地原 毅 | 52M yen | +5M yen | 52M yen | +11% |
| P | Mitsuhara, Atsuhiro | 光原 逸裕 | 11.5M yen | -2M yen | 11.5M yen | -15% |
| P | Nobue, Daisuke | 延江 大輔 | 6.2M yen | -200,000 yen | 6.2M yen | -3% |
| P | Yoshino, Makoto | 吉野 誠 | 25M yen | -4M yen | 25M yen | -14% |
| P | Nakayama, Shinya | 中山 慎也 | 13.5M yen | -2M yen | 13.5M yen | -13% |
| P | Kanazawa, Takehito | 金澤 健人 | 11M yen | -1M yen | 11M yen | -8% |
| P | Yamazaki, Masataka | 山崎 正貴 | 5.2M yen | +100,000 yen | 5.2M yen | +2% |
| P | Nishi, Yuki | 西 勇輝 | 6M yen | +1M yen | 6M yen | +20% |
| P | Nishikawa, Masato | 西川 雅人 | 6M yen | +1M yen | 6M yen | +20% |
| P | Kondo, Kazuki | 近藤 一樹 | 45M yen | +10M yen | 45M yen | +29% |
| P | Nito, Takuma | 仁藤 拓馬 | 5.5M yen | +200,000 yen | 5.5M yen | +4% |
| P | Kajimoto, Tatsuya | 梶本 達哉 | 5.1M yen | +100,000 yen | 5.1M yen | +2% |
| C | Maeda, Daisuke | 前田 大輔 | 16.5M yen | -1M yen | 17M yen | -6% |
| C | Hidaka, Takeshi | 日高 剛 | 76M yen | -12M yen | 76M yen | -14% |
| C | Tsuji, Toshiya | 辻 俊哉 | 15M yen | -- | 15M yen | 0% |
| C | Suzuki, Fumihiro | 鈴木 郁洋 | 26M yen | +8.5M yen | 26M yen | +49% |
| C | Ito, Hikaru | 伊藤 光 | 5.2M yen | -- | 5.2M yen | 0% |
| C | Yokoyama, Tetsuya | 横山 徹也 | 8M yen | +2.5M yen | 8M yen | +45% |
| C | Doi, Kenta | 土井 健大 | 5.2M en | +100,000 yen | 5.2M yen | +2% |
| INF | Yamasaki, Koji | 山崎 浩司 | 27M yen | +15M yen | 27M yen | +125% |
| INF | Moriyama, Makoto | 森山 周 | 14M yen | -2M yen | 14M yen | -14% |
| INF | Goto, Mitsutaka | 後藤 光尊 | 53M yen | -10M yen | 53M yen | -16% |
| INF | Abe, Masahiro | 阿部 真宏 | 33M yen | -5M yen | 33M yen | -13% |
| INF | Ohbiki, Keiji | 大引 啓次 | 45M yen | +14M yen | 45M yen | +45% |
| INF | Kitagawa, Hirotoshi | 北川 博敏 | 55M yen | -30M yen | 55M yen | -35% |
| INF | LaRocca, Greg | Ｇ．ラロッカ | 37M yen | +10M yen | 37M yen | |
| INF | Shiozaki, Makoto | 塩崎 真 | 25M yen | -24M yen | 25M yen | -49% |
| INF | Takashima, Tsuyoshi | 高島 毅 | 9.6M yen | -400,000 yen | 9.6M yen | -4% |
| INF | Cabrera, Alex | Ａ．カブレラ | 277M yen | -23M yen | 280M yen | |
| INF | Shimamura, Ikki | 一輝 | 21M yen | +3M yen | 21M yen | +17% |
| INF | Okada, Takahiro | 岡田 貴弘 | 12M yen | +5.1M yen | 12M yen | +74% |
| INF | Shibata, Ryosuke | 柴田 亮輔 | 5.4M yen | +100,000 yen | 5.4M yen | +2% |
| INF | Nagata, Masahiro | 長田 昌浩 | 7.5M yen | -200,000 yen | 7.5M yen | -3% |
| OF | Ohmura, Naoyuki | 大村 直之 | 70M yen | -50M yen | 70M yen | -42% |
| OF | Hamanaka, Osamu | 濱中 治 | 43M yen | -20M yen | 43M yen | -32% |
| OF | Mukae, Yuichiro | 迎 祐一郎 | 10.5M yen | -1.5M yen | 10.5M yen | -13% |
| OF | Niwa, Masaya | 丹羽 将弥 | 6.7M yen | -100,000 yen | 6.7M yen | -1% |
| OF | Shimoyama, Shinji | 下山 真二 | 47M yen | +4M yen | 47M yen | +9% |
| OF | Oze, Hiroyuki | 小瀬 浩之 | 25M yen | +5M yen | 25M yen | +25% |
| OF | Sakaguchi, Tomotaka | 坂口 智隆 | 65M yen | +27M hen | 65M yen | +71% |
| OF | Aikawa, Ryota | 相川 良太 | 16M yen | -2M yen | 16M yen | -11% |
| OF | Yoshida, Shintaro | 由田 慎太郎 | 7.5M yen | -200,000 yen | 7.5M yen | -3% |
Other
| Pos | Name (ENG) | Name (JPN) | 2010 (NS) | Change (NS) | 2010 (S) | Change (S) |
| P | Kisanuki, Hiroshi | 木佐 貫洋 | 46M yen | |||
| P | Hasegawa, Masayuki | 長谷川 昌幸 | 30M yen | -6M yen | ||
| INF | Baldiris, Aarom | バルディリス | 31.5M yen | +11.5M yen | 20M yen | |
| INF | Taguchi, So | 田口 壮 | 80M yen | 80M yen | ||
| INF | Bynum, Freddie | バイナム | 27M yen | |||
| INF | Kida, Go | 喜田 剛 | 17M yen | +4M yen | ||
| INF | Seguignol, Fernando | セギノール | 27M yen | -23M yen | 27M yen | NEW |
| OF | Akada, Shogo | 赤田 将吾 | 40M yen | -10M yen | 40M yen | -20% |
| OF | Caraballo, Francisco | カラバイヨ | 5M yen | 5M yen | NEW |
Ikusei
| Pos | Name (ENG) | Name (JPN) | 2010 (NS) | Change (NS) | 2010 (S) | Change (S) |
| P | Ballestas, Freddy | バイエスタス |
12/4/2009 - received Hiroshi Kisanuki in a trade with the Yomiuri Giants for Yasunari Takagi.
12/21/2009 - signed Aarom Baldiris to a 1-year deal.
1/23/2010 - signed So Taguchi to a 1-year deal.
2/5/2010 - Hiroyuki Oze passes away.
2/18/2010 - received Shogo Akada in a trade with the Seibu Lions for Masahiro Abe.
3/11/2010 - signed Freddie Bynum.
4/30/2010 - received Hisao Arakane and Keisuke Kaneko in a trade with the Softbank Hawks for Takehito Kanazawa.
5/17/2010 - received Masayuki Hasegawa and Go Kida in a trade with the Hiroshima Carp for Yuichiro Mukae.
6/7/2010 - signed Fernando Seguignol.
7/12/2010 - signed Francisco Caraballo.
7/28/2010 - signed Freddy Ballestas to an Ikusei contract.
Salary data compiled from information at Nikkan Sports (NS) and Sponichi (S). Protected players taken from the official NPB site.
NOTE: Salary data is not officially released by the NPB clubs nor the players and are guesstimates made by various media outlets.
UPDATED: 12/27/2010 @ 2:16am JST
