Yoshinobu Yamamoto is likely to start for the Los Angeles Dodgers when they open the season against Chicago Cubs in Tokyo on March 18 and Roki Sasaki could make his major league debut the next day. The two Japanese pitchers and two-way star Shohei Ohtani will be the main attraction for Japanese fans during the two-game series.
The Cubs are reportedly close to an agreement on a contract with Justin Turner, the veteran who burnished his reputation as a postseason hero with the Dodgers.
There's plenty to see as baseball returns Wednesday for most MLB clubs, with pitchers and catchers officially reporting at sites across Arizona and Florida. The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers got an early spring training start ahead of their season-opening series in Tokyo,
Training kicks off in Arizona tomorrow with a match up between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch in Glendale. Why it matters: Spring training routinely brings more than 1.7 million visitors to the Valley and generates a nearly $650 million economic impact for the state,
Then the 2025 MLB regular season will begin with a two-game series in Tokyo between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18-19, and MLB Opening Day 2025 is scheduled for March 27. With some commissioners already scheduling their 2025 Fantasy baseball drafts,
I think worldwide fan interest is going to be off the charts,” Cubs President Jed Hoyer said Tuesday after Imanaga was announced as the starter. “It's an awesome thing just
Reigning World Series MVP Freddie Freeman is slowly recovering from ankle surgery he underwent earlier in the offseason. While Freeman said he hasn’t been cleared to run, he expects to be ready when the Dodgers face the Chicago Cubs in the Tokyo Series starting March 18.
The Cactus League is an economic powerhouse that lures visitors away from the chilly east, Arizona’s spring training league. Florida hosts the Grapefruit League, the other half of spring ball. Cactus League play begins when the Chicago Cubs visit the Los Angeles Dodgers in their Glendale home-away-from home at 1 p.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy was in the strike zone. Plate umpire Tony Randazzo disagreed