Round 1:
All teams provide a name of one player. If only one team names the player, then the team gets it. If more than one team name the player, then a team will be chosen by lottery. Teams lost on the lottery can name another player. The system is repeated till all teams get one player.
Round 2:
Player is chosen one team at a time. The team ranked bottom of the ranking get to choose first, then go up the list. Each team gets one player.
This year's order is Rakuten-Hanshin-Lotte-Chunichi-Orix-Yokohama-Nippon Ham-Giants-SoftBanks-Yakult-Seibu-Hiroshima.
Round 3:
Player is chosen one team at a time. The team ranked at the top choose first and go down the list. Each team gets one player. Reverse order of Round 2.
Round 4:
Round 2 and Round 3 are repeated till all players in the draft were chosen, or 120 players were chosen.
If there are more than 120 players in the draft, then there will be players who will not be chosen.