Dodgers manager Dave Roberts added that Japanese rookie Roki Sasaki could start the second of the two-game set.

T he Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will kick off Major League Baseball's 2025 regular season on March 18-19 with a two ...

Shota Imanaga will take the mound for the Chicago Cubs in his return to Japan next month, joining Daisuke Matsuzaka and Yusei ...

Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell jokingly said last week that was “required” to start Shota Imanaga in Japan next month in the Japan Series.

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NOTE: The attached video clip is from a report by GN Sports’ Josh Frydman this week from Cubs spring training camp in Arizona ...

Imanaga will start one of the first two games of the season when the Cubs face the Dodgers in Tokyo on March 18 and 19, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. This was hardly a surprise, but manager ...

Shota Imanaga is keeping his feet on the ground despite a strong rookie season as the lefty began his second spring training ...

Shota Imanaga will join this list of Japanese-born ... Japanese player who will be taking the field in Tokyo, though. The Cubs also have outfielder Seiya Suzuki in their lineup.

Notes: Shota Imanaga is lined up to pitch in the Tokyo Series, and Nico Hoerner has begun throwing and hitting.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are the likely starting pitchers for the Los Angeles Dodgers when they face the Chicago ...