NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball Players Association and the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association have agreed to hold an "active draft" that will allow players who are not blessed with participation opportunities to transfer to other baseball teams by the off-season this season. Adjustments will be made.
"Active draft" is a system that allows players who are not blessed with participation opportunities to seek new opportunities to play, as it is a system that allows players to be transferred by appointing active players listed by each team. The Professional Baseball Players Association is seeking introduction.
On the 15th, the NPB and the players' association held office negotiations and agreed to hold an active draft by the off-season this season.
Regarding the active draft, the NPB and the players' association had decided to introduce it during the adult season, but the introduction was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
According to NPB, in the future, we will consider draft methods such as the number of players to be listed and discuss with the players' association.
Atsushi Ihara, the secretary general of NPB, said, "We haven't reached the stage where we can call it'Tatakidai', so we will proceed with discussions at a rapid pace.
Mr. Tadahito Mori, the secretary general of the players' association, said, "We are talking about the premise that the team will also do it, so the rest is the content. We only have a place to gather and make a resolution before the All-Star game, so that's it. I want to summarize it. "