Orix BlueWave general manager Katsuhiro Nakamura visited the baseball commissioner's office on Thursday to present a list of 25 protected players who will receive preferential signing rights with the new team created by the merger with the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
Norihiro Nakamura
Nakamura said that the list was made up with a "core of key players in mind," but would not reveal whether Norihiro Nakamura, who has said he will make his second attempt to move to the major leagues, and other big names were among the 25.