After two consecutive seasons in the top three, Chiba Lotte Marines finished last for the first time in eight years since 2017, with a record of 56 wins, 84 losses, and 3 ties. ERA of 3.60 and 553 runs allowed were the worst in the league. This article will review Chiba Lotte Marines Lotte pitcher staff's performance in the 2025 season.

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This season was a difficult one for the starting pitchers. The relief pitchers are different from last season.

This season, six pitcher started more than 10 games. Of those, only a few reached the required innings pitched. Atsuki Taneichi pitcher, Kazuya Ojima Only two pitcher. pitcher Taneichi, Haruya Tanaka Apart from pitcher, ERA ranged from the high 3s to the 4s, and the six pitchers combined for a record of 32 wins and 44 losses, making it a year in which they struggled with their starting rotation.

The relief pitchers are, Rikuto Yokoyama pitcher posted an excellent ERA of 2.08 in a career ERA 50 appearances. He returned from right elbow surgery. Fumiya Ono pitcher ERA 2.59 in 47 games, in his third year. Shuta Takano pitcher also had ERA in 37 games. On the other hand, last season he posted a sub-1.00 ERA in 51 games. Shota Suzuki pitcher had ERA 4.82 in 29 games this season, ERA in the 1.00s in 41 games. Yuki Kuniyoshi pitcher ended the season without making a single appearance in the first team.

The right-handed ace reached the required number of points for the second consecutive year, enjoying a career-high season.

Seedichi pitcher reached the regulation innings pitched for the second year in a row. While he had a poor season with a ERA 5.18 in four games in April and a ERA 4.10 in four games in July, he showed off an impressive pitch over the second half of the season with a ERA 1 in four games in August and September, respectively.

As a result, he set career highs of ERA 2.63 and 161 strike out in 24 games and 160.2 innings, respectively. Although he had some games where he lacked support from the batting lineup, he fulfilled the role of ace with a team-leading 9 wins and 16 QS.

Kazuya Ojima reached the required number of innings for the fifth consecutive year, but his season was marked by significant ups and downs in his performance.

Kojima pitcher reached the regulation innings pitched for the fifth year in a row, but did not reach double digits win for the third year in a row with 8-10 wins, ERA 3.72. Also, 5 complete game last season and no complete game this season. Looking by month, while he recorded ERA 2 points in April and July, he had a 3.96 ERA in May, a 4-point month in August and September, and a 5.40 in two games ERA in June, showing a noticeable wave of good and bad performances.

In June, he was written off due to back pain and was out of the lineup for about three weeks, but in the end, he marked a certain level of performance as a pillar of the starting lineup with 145 inning in 24 starts. Next season, will he be a winner again and show pitch that he is worthy of the name of a left-handed ace?

This season's new players have had a tough year

In their first year in Japan, pitchers pitcher pitcher Sammons were part of the starting rotation. Boss maintained ERA in pitcher 2s from the beginning of May to the end of June, but struggled in July, posting an 8.00 ERA in four games, ultimately finishing the season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses and an ERA of 3.96 in 22 games. Sammons also pitcher slump in July and September, posting ERA in the 5s, and finished the season with a record of 5 wins and 5 losses and ERA of 3.78 in 16 games.

​Shuta Ishikawa, pitcher who transferred from Fukuoka Softbank as a free agent, pitched brilliantly in his seventh appearance on June 4 against The Giants, throwing seven runs innings and earning his first win since the transfer. He then went on to win three consecutive games, showcasing ERA in four games in June. However, he struggled in July and August with ERA in the 7s, and in September with ERA of 4.88 in four games, ending his first year with the team with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses in 19 games and ERA of 4.62.

Haruya Tanaka, in his third year after graduating from high school, Yuto Kimura in his second year after graduating from high school, are fighting hard.

pitcher Tanaka made his first-team debut last season, posting an impressive 1.80 ERA in four games. In his third year since graduating from high school, he made his first appearance on April 4th, and then pitched in three games each month until July, with breaks in between, recording 3 wins and 5 losses with a 2.48 ERA in 13 games. He did not pitch in the first team after his appearance on August 3rd, but made his return to action in a minor league game on September 24th.

​Yuto Kimura pitcher, who is in his second year of high school, made his professional debut on March 30 (Fukuoka Softbank game). As a 2nd place, he closer 1 inning to a three-way retirement, marking his first professional win. After that, he continued to pitch as a reliever, recording his first professional hold on April 18 and his first professional save on May 15.

And on June 17th, he made his first professional start, and since then, he has appeared as a starter in all eight games, and on September 24th, his last appearance (Saitama Seibu Lions match), he made his first professional complete game and first shutout game win. In the end, he went 3-2 in 22 games and 8 starts, pitching 68 innings with a ERA 3.31 ERA. In his second year of high school graduation, he proved that he could pass on the first team stage.

Rikuto Yokoyama Yokoyama shines, and Fumiya Ono makes a comeback. Shuta Takano and Shunsuke Nakamori break through.

Among the relief pitchers, pitcher pitched in 50 games, the most on the team. He had a 2.08 ERA and 20 hold, making him a pillar of bullpen. In his only start of the season, on May 22nd (against Orix Buffaloes), he pitched five runs innings to earn a win. pitcher, who returned from right elbow surgery, pitched in 40 games for the first time in three years. He had a resurgent season with a 2.59 ERA in 47 games.

The new face supporting bullpen was Takano pitcher. He had pitched a total of 13 games in the past two seasons, but he started the season as a long reliever. After pitching in a total of 13 games over the past two seasons, Takano started the season as a long reliever and became the team's set-up man in the middle of August, replacing the slumping Suzuki pitcher. As a result, he had a breakthrough season with a 5-3 15 hold and ERA 1.84 record in 53.2 inning games in 37 appearances.

In his fifth year after graduating from high school Shunsuke Nakamori pitcher was a reliever from the start of the season, steadily stepping up to become a set-up man in mid-May and a closer in mid-June, and even appeared in his first All-Star Game. However, this All-Star game was his last appearance of the season. Due to injury, he was unable to return for the second half of the season, but he broke through with a 2-2-10 record inning in 25 games 29.1 with 5 saves hold and a 1.23 ERA record.

pitcher like Shota Suzuki are expected to make a comeback.

Last season, pitcher Suzuki delivered an impressive pitch with 27 hold and a 0.73 ERA in 51 games, but this season his performance has dropped significantly, with a 4.82 ERA in 29 games. Similarly, pitcher Naoya Masuda, who recorded 25 saves and a 2.59 ERA in 44 games last season, was limited to just 5 saves this season. pitcher is just two saves away from reaching 250 career saves, so expectations are high for him to achieve this milestone next season. Among the starting pitcher, Yuji Nishino, who recorded 9 wins in 20 games last season, finished this season with 0 wins in 9 games.

After two consecutive years in the top tier, we've fallen to last place. We need to improve pitcher staff and aim for a higher standings.

In the relief pitching staff, pitcher Keisuke Sawada appeared in 29 games, while Riku Kikuchi pitcher Guerrero pitcher appeared in 21 games. As for the starting pitcher, Tokito Kawamura, who returned from right elbow surgery, made his first appearance in the first team in three years in August, and recorded a respectable record of 2 wins and 1 loss with ERA of 2.57 in 4 games.

Manager Saburo, who will take the helm next season, was one of the key figures in the team's championship wins in 2005 and 2010. Can he help revitalize pitcher staff and bring a fresh perspective to the team under the guidance of a manager who knows the glory of success?