Chiba Lotte Marines and Jason Standridge

Good news for Chiba Lotte Marines fans! According to Marines' official Nobuhira Hayashi, the team and Jason Standridge are currently in the process of finalizing a new contract for the pitcher from Alabama. Although Jason Standridge has completed only one year with the Chiba Lotte Marines so far, his baseball career extends back to 2001. After playing for a number of Major League Baseball teams, Standridge's career led him to Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, playing for teams including the Hanshin Tigers- who he was with for four seasons. Jason Standrige's biggest career achievement has been helping bring the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to two Japan Series Championship victories.