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| Position | Top player | Team ranking | Top prospect | Organizational ranking | Overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catchers | Kuranosuke Imakake | 7th | Motoyasu Nakata | Tied for 1st | 5th |
| First Basemen | Motokuni Nakamura | Tied for 8th | Hiromori Yanada | 8th | 10th |
| Second Basemen | Glen McCauley | 10th | Tied for 10th | 11th | |
| Third Basemen | Shouta Fukushima | 1st | Koji Miyahara | 1st | 1st |
| Shortstops | Hideharu Nomura | 1st | Yousui Akai | Tied for 1st | 1st |
| Left Fielders | Shigenobu Nakayama | 6th | Tetsuya Takemoto | 4th | 4th |
| Center Fielders | Taysuke Fujimoto | 9th | Taysuke Fujimoto | Tied for 4th | 5th |
| Right Fielders | Seisuke Kamo | Tied for 9th | Kiyoyuki Matsumoto | 2nd | 3rd |
| Starting Pitchers | Juro Esaki | 4th | Bill Carpenter | 8th | 6th |
| Relievers | Koji Mizuno | 9th | Koji Mizuno | Tied for 1st | 6th |
| Closers | Gunji Matsuda | 9th | Koji Mizuno | Tied for 2nd | 5th |
