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Building a Champion - How the 2029 Arrows Came Together
Draft Picks
* LHP Kikuo Aoki, 1st round, 5th overall in 2025
* 3B Takahiko Arakawa, 1st round, 9th overall in 2024
* 1B Hirotaka Hayashi, 2nd round in 2024
* LHP Isamu Hiratsuka, 3rd round in 2025
* RF Kuemon Kamimura, 10th round in 2024
* DH Kikuo Kawamoto, 1st round, 9th overall in 2026
* 2B Taisei Murakami, 2nd round in 2025
* SS Shinji Nakamura, 7th round in 2023
* LHP Yoshimitsu Ota, 1st round, 18th overall in 2027
* RF Shizue Uchino, 1st round, 2nd overall in 2021 (and likely to get his #7 retired if he stays an Arrow lifer)
* RHP Hironori Watanabe, 2nd round in 2027
* LHP Tetsuya Yoshimoto, 1st round, 3rd overall in 2023
Free Agents
* RHP Danny Bergeron, 2027-28 offseason
* RHP Daichi Ishii, 2021-22 offseason (yes, he's been with the Arrows almost since Day 1!)
* RHP Yuto Kanakubo, 2027-28 offseason
* C Yasutoki Kato, 2028-29 offseason
* CF Yuki Okabayashi, 2028-29 offseason
* RF Soichi Shiotani, 2026-27 offseason
Trade
* RHP Alan Busenitz, from Niigata Komatsu for Andrew Baker
* 3B Jo Endo, from Hanshin with Fumiya Hojoh for Kosuke Ito, Fidel Mejia, and Katsuo Yasuda
* RHP Katsumi Ikeda, from Chiba Lotte for Masahiro Inui
* LF Kota Inoue, from Hanshin with Taiki Ono for Michito Nakayama, Toyoharu Miyake, and Kensaku Fujimoto
* RF Kenjyu Kuwahara, from Tohoku Rakuten with Yugo Umeno for LHP Kakeru Narita
* RHP Mitsukuni Matsuda, from Fukuoka SoftBank for LHP Yudai Mori and RHP Yuta Nakamura
* RHP Kohei Morihara, from Tohoku Rakuten for RHP Jordan Garza
* 2B Meiji Onishi, from Ehime Honda for 3B Hiroshi Morita and LF Seisaku Ishikawa
* RHP Taiki Ono (see Inoue)
* SS Kohsuke Sakata, from Chiba Lotte for Michiyo Tokuda
* LF Shuji Shibata, from Yomiuri for Noiro Yoshioka
* RF Seiya Suzuki, from Hiroshima for Seiya Yamazaki, Yuki Watanabe, and Yuma Tamura
* C Takateru Toyoda, from Fukuoka SoftBank for Deiner Lopez
* RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, from Orix for Xavier Valentin and Naoto Nishiguchi
Acquisition
* RHP Takahide Ikeda, Shinano Grandserows (BCL)
* RHP Ethan Smith, Road Warriors (ATL)
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