2010 Yakult Swallows Protected Players and Contracts
Protected List
| Pos | Name (ENG) | Name (JPN) | 2010 (NS) | Change (NS) | 2010 (S) | Change (S) |
| P | Sato, Yoshinori | 由規 | 26M yen | +9M yen | 26M yen | +53% |
| P | Lim, Chang-Yong | 林 昌勇 | 144M yen | +111M yen | 146M yen | +200% |
| P | Sato, Masaru | 佐藤 賢 | 11M yen | -4M yen | 11M yen | -27% |
| P | Takaichi, Shun | 高市 俊 | 10M yen | -1.5M yen | 10M yen | -17% |
| P | Muranaka, Kyohei | 村中 恭兵 | 18M yen | -4M yen | 18M yen | -18% |
| P | Kato, Mikinori | 加藤 幹典 | 11M yen | -2M yen | 11M yen | -15% |
| P | Kawashima, Ryo | 川島 亮 | 43M yen | -5M yen | 43M yen | -10% |
| P | Ishikawa, Masanori | 石川 雅規 | 180M yen | +25M yen | 180M yen | +16% |
| P | Kamada, Yuya | 鎌田 祐哉 | 15M yen | -3.5M yen | 15M yen | -18% |
| P | Matsuoka, Kenichi | 松岡 健一 | 48M yen | +4M yen | 48M yen | +9% |
| P | Masubuchi, Tatsuyoshi | 増渕 竜義 | 12M yen | -4M yen | 12M yen | -25% |
| P | Tateyama, Shohei | 館山 昌平 | 110M yen | +10M yen | 110M yen | +10% |
| P | Okamoto, Hidehiro | 岡本 秀寛 | 8M yen | -1M yen | 8M yen | -11% |
| P | Tanaka, Yuki | ユウキ | 24M yen | +16M yen | 24M yen | +200% |
| P | Nishizaki, Satoshi | 西崎 聡 | 9M yen | -200,000 yen | 9M yen | -2% |
| P | Yagi, Ryosuke | 八木 亮祐 | 6M yen | -- | 6M yen | 0% |
| P | Hashimoto, Yoshitaka | 橋本 義隆 | 14M yen | +1M yen | 14M yen | +8% |
| P | Takai, Yuhei | 高井 雄平 | 14M yen | -3.5M yen | 14M yen | -24% |
| P | Ichiba, Yasuhiro | 一場 靖弘 | 19.5M yen | -3.5M yen | 19.5M yen | -15% |
| P | Matsui, Kosuke | 松井 光介 | 20M yen | -1.5M yen | 20M yen | -7% |
| P | Hidaka, Ryo | 日高 亮 | 4.8M yen | -- | 4.8M yen | 0% |
| P | Akagawa, Katsuki | 赤川 克紀 | 7M yen | -1M yen | 7M yen | -14% |
| P | Hagiwara, Jun | 萩原 淳 | 17M yen | +4.5M yen | 17M yen | +31% |
| P | Lee, Hye-Chun | 李 恵踐 | 72M yen | -4M yen | 73M yen | 0% |
| P | Takagi, Hiromitsu | 高木 啓充 | 17M yen | +9M yen | 17M yen | +113% |
| P | Ishii, Hirotoshi | 石井 弘寿 | 28M yen | -12M yen | 28M yen | -30% |
| P | Yoshikawa, Masahiro | 吉川 昌宏 | 18.5M yen | -4M yen | 18.5M yen | -18% |
| P | Yamamoto, Hitoshi | 山本 斉 | 6.3M yen | +300,000 yen | 6.3M yen | +5% |
| P | Oshimoto, Takehiko | 押本 健彦 | 51M yen | +2M yen | 51M yen | +4% |
| P | Yamada, Hiroki | 山田 弘喜 | 5M yen | +200,000 yen | 5M yen | +4% |
| C | Aikawa, Ryoji | 相川 亮二 | 100M yen | -- | 100M yen | 0% |
| C | Kawamoto, Ryohei | 川本 良平 | 20M yen | -- | 20M yen | 0% |
| C | Nitta, Genki | 新田 玄気 | 9M yen | -1M yen | 9M yen | -10% |
| C | Fukukawa, Masakazu | 福川 将和 | 27M yen | -8M yen | 27M yen | -23% |
| C | Kinugawa, Atsushi | 衣川 篤史 | 8.7M yen | -2.3M yen | 8.7M yen | -21% |
| C | Yoneno, Tomohito | 米野 智人 | 17M yen | -3M yen | 17M yen | -15% |
| C | Nakamura, Yuhei | 中村 悠平 | 5.3M yen | +500,000 | 5.3M yen | +10% |
| C | Mizuno, Yuki | 水野 祐希 | 5.2M yen | -- | 5.2M yen | 0% |
| INF | Kawashima, Keizo | 川島 慶三 | 35M yen | +10M yen | 35M yen | +40% |
| INF | D'Antona, Jamie | Ｊ．デントナ | 80M yen | +33M yen | 73M yen | |
| INF | Miyamoto, Shinya | 宮本 慎也 | 220M yen | -- | 220M yen | 0% |
| INF | Tanaka, Hiroyasu | 田中 浩康 | 75M yen | -- | 75M yen | 0% |
| INF | Hatakeyama, Kazuhiro | 畠山 和洋 | 28M yen | -4M yen | 28M yen | -12% |
| INF | Kawabata, Shingo | 川端 慎吾 | 10M yen | -1.5M yen | 10M yen | -13% |
| INF | Kajimoto, Yusuke | 梶本 勇介 | 8M yen | +1M yen | 8M yen | +14% |
| INF | Yoshimoto, Ryo | 吉本 亮 | 11M yen | +3M yen | 11M yen | +38% |
| INF | Onizaki, Yuji | 鬼崎 裕司 | 14M yen | +3M yen | 14M yen | +27% |
| INF | Noguchi, Yoshiyuki | 野口 祥順 | 16M yen | +6M yen | 16M yen | +60% |
| INF | Miwa, Masayoshi | 三輪 正義 | 5.8M yen | +500,000 yen | 5.8M yen | +9% |
| INF | Morioka, Ryosuke | 森岡 良介 | 11.5M yen | +2.5M yen | 11.5M yen | +28% |
| INF | Fujimoto, Atsushi | 藤本 敦士 | 36M yen | -- | 36M yen | |
| OF | Shida, Munehiro | 志田 宗大 | 18M yen | -2M yen | 18M yen | -10% |
| OF | Fukuchi, Kazuki | 福地 寿樹 | 90M yen | +10M yen | 90M yen | +13% |
| OF | Guiel, Aaron | Ａ．ガイエル | 90M yen | +46M yen | ||
| OF | Takeuchi, Shinichi | 武内 晋一 | 26M yen | +7.5M yen | 26M yen | +41% |
| OF | Iihara, Yasushi | 飯原 誉士 | 45M yen | -5M yen | 45M yen | -10% |
| OF | Aoki, Norichika | 青木 宣親 | 280M yen | +20M yen | 280M yen | +7% |
| OF | Matsumoto, Yuichi | 松元 ユウイチ | 18M yen | -3M yen | 18M yen | -14% |
| OF | Ueda, Tsuyoshi | 上田 剛史 | 5.7M yen | +200,000 yen | 5.7M yen | +4% |
| OF | Nakao, Toshihiro | 中尾 敏浩 | 8.5M yen | -500,000 yen | 8.5M yen | -6% |
Other
| Pos | Name (ENG) | Name (JPN) | 2010 (NS) | Change (NS) | 2010 (S) | Change (S) |
| P | De La Cruz, Eulogio | デラクルス | 13.35M yen | 15M yen | NEW | |
| P | Barnette, Tony | バーネット | 50M yen | 37.2M yen | NEW | |
| P | Watanabe, Koki | 渡邉 恒樹 | 15M yen | -3M yen | 15M yen | -17% |
| P | Yamagishi, Minoru | 山岸 穣 | 13M yen | -3M yen | 13M yen | -19% |
| INF | Whitesell, Josh | ホワイトセル | 30M yen | 30M yen | NEW |
Ikusei
| Pos | Name (ENG) | Name (JPN) | 2010 (NS) | Change (NS) | 2010 (S) | Change (S) |
| P | Tsukamoto, Koji | 塚本 浩二 | 3.5M yen | -- | 3.5M yen | 0% |
| P | Fernandes, Rafael | フェルナンデス | 3.5M yen | -- | 3.5M yen | 0% |
11/24/2009 - signed Atsushi Fujimoto to a 2-year deal.
12/14/2009 - signed Eulogio De La Cruz to a 1-year deal.
1/7/2010 - signed Tony Barnette to a 1-year deal.
6/17/2010 - received Koki Watanabe in a trade with the Rakuten Eagles for Yuya Kamada.
6/18/2010 - signed Josh Whitesell to a 1-year deal.
6/18/2010 - received Minoru Kawagishi in a trade with the Yakult Swallows for Tomohito Yoneno.
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 @ 3:39am JST
