Draft Lottery?

Yes, Nikkan Sports (paper edition) has the first round and consolation round picks:

Team  Round 1           Consolation
YOM   P Shota Ohba      P Junpei Shinoda
CHU   P Kohei Hasebe    P Sohma Yamauchi
HAN   P Shota Ohba      P Hirokazu Shiranita
YOK   P Shota Ohba      P Yasutaka Hattori
HIR   P Kohei Haseba    P Junpei Shinoda
YAK   P Mikinori Katoh  P Yasutaka Hattori
NIP   P Shota Ohba      P Yasutaka Hattori
LOT   P Kohei Hasebe    P Yasutaka Hattori
SFT   P Shota Ohba      C Tadashi Ishimine
RAK   P Kohei Hasebe   OF Hiroyuki Oze
SEI   P Mikinori Katoh  P Yasutaka Hattori
ORX   P Shota Ohba      P Junpei Shinoda

Only two non-pitchers are being selected, both in the consolation round: catcher Tadashi Ishimine of Tokyo Joho University and outfielder Hiroyuki Oze of Kinki University.

Now, let me arrange this list by player to teams for a different perspective:

Round 1
Player              Teams
Shota Ohba          YOM, HAN, YOK, NIP, SFT, ORX
Kohei Hasebe        CHU, HIR, LOT, RAK
Mikinori Katoh      YAK, SEI

Colsolation
Yasutaka Hattori    YOK, YAK, NIP, LOT, SEI
Junpei Shinoda      YOM, HIR, ORX
Sohma Yamauchi      CHU
Hirokazu Shiranita  HAN
Tadashi Ishimine    SFT
Hiroyuki Oze        RAK

The draft is just a few hours away, so we'll know who goes where then. I guess these tables are good to know who the popular draft picks were this year.

Thanks, that really does put a clear picture on what players are deemed to be the best.

Here is a link in Japanese to the live draft [SportNavi].

Is there a webcast of the Draft?

WOW! Nippon Ham selected Kazuhito Tadano with their #1 pick. I never saw that coming. Unbelievable. You know, I'm glad he's getting a chance in NPB, but the fans are going to have a field day with this move.

It's also interesting to see SoftBank and Rakuten getting a couple more high profile pitchers with Ohba and Hasebe. Rakuten is getting everybody they want with each draft. Yakult got Mikinori Katoh, so they've had a good draft this year, too.

I'm surprised Robert Booth wasn't picked. He's a tall half Japanese kid who can top out over 150 km/h. Maybe he's going into the Dodgers system after all.