This document discusses baseball player development in Japan. It notes that 32 players from the Japan Amateur Baseball Association (JABA) were drafted by Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) teams in 2017. The most players drafted have historically come from JR East (16 players) followed by JX-ENEOS (11 players). It also provides statistics on the total number of players drafted annually from 2010 to 2017 broken down by NPB team.