The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will kick off Major League Baseball's 2025 regular season on March 18-19 with a ...

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

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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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.

Josh Frydman of GN Sports is in Arizona for Cubs spring training. Pitchers and catchers reported to camp on Monday, and ...

MESA, Ariz. – New Cub Matt Boyd and pitching coach Tommy Hottovy gestured back and forth, mimicking pieces of throwing motions before the veteran lefty’s bullpen session Wednesday. Boyd threw twice ...

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