Where the grass is always greener...
| Team | National FA 2008 | Intl. FA 2008 | Holdover Intl. FA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri Giants | Shintaro Yoshitake, Hisanori Takahashi, Shigeyuki Furuki, Alex Ramirez | Koji Uehara, Tomohiro Nioka | Noriyoshi Oomichi, Takuya Kimura, Makoto Kosaka, Yoshitomo Tani, Souichi Fujita, Yoshinobu Takahashi |
| Hanshin Tigers | Shuta Tanaka, Shinobu Fukuhara | Toshihiro Noguchi | Makoto Nioka, Shinjiro Hiyama, Satoru Kanemura |
| Chunichi Dragons | Masaumi Shimizu, Masahiko Morino | Kenshin Kawakami, Masahiro Araki, Hirokazu Ibata, Norihiro Nakamura | Kazuki Inoue, Yoshinori Ueda, Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Masahiro Yamamoto, Masafumi Hirai, Hitoki Iwase |
| Hiroshim Carp | Shigeru Morikasa | Akihiro Higashide | Koichi Ogata, Ken Takahashi, Tomonori Maeda |
| Yakult Swallows | Ryota Igarashi, Kazuki Fukuchi, Hirobumi Watarai | Noriyuki Shiroishi | Shinya Miyamoto |
| Yokohama Bay Stars | Yoshihiro Doi | Tatsuya Ozeki, Ryoji Aikawa, Tatsuhiko Kinjo | Takuro Ishii, Kimiyasu Kudo, Takahiro Saeki, Takanori Suzuki, Daisuke Miura, Takeo Kawamura |
| Seibu Lions | Hiroshi Hirao | Akira Eto, Fumiya Nishiguchi, Hitoshi Taneda | |
| Orix Buffaloes | Hidetaka Kawagoe | Tuffy Rhodes, Hirotoshi Kitagawa, Arihito Muramatsu | |
| Nippon Ham Fighters | Tomochika Tsuboi, Yoshinori Tateyama | Atsunori Inaba | Makoto Kaneko, Satoshi Nakajima |
| Rakuten Eagles | Kenshi Kawaguchi, Fumikazu Takanami | Koichi Isobe, Takeshi Yamasaki, Yuji Yoshioka, Hisashi Ogura | |
| Softbank Hawks | Hitoshi Tamura | Naoyuki Oomura | Hiroshi Shibahara, Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Mitsuru Honma |