Shota Imanaga will toe the rubber in his native Japan when the Cubs open the 2025 MLB season against the Dodgers at the Tokyo ...

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.

Imanaga will start March 18 against the Dodgers in the Cubs' season-opening series in Tokyo. Manager Craig Counsell had said previously that Imanaga would take the ball in one of the two contests in ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs are set to usher in the 2025 season on March 18-19 with a two-game series at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. And now we know t ...

The jump from Japan to the majors was an easy transition for Shota Imanaga in his first year with the Cubs. He pitched well of the gate in 2024, but he did battle home runs as the summer moved on.

With spring training camps opening all around us, it’s time to take a final look back at last season with my annual “Best Pitches” series. We’re going pitch by pitch through the arsenals ...

Chicago Cubs players and coaches stop by Chicago Tribune photographer Armando L. Sanchez’s outdoor portrait studio as the team gathers for their annual spring training media day at Sloan ...

Shota Imanaga hit the ground running in his first season in the major leagues, becoming the ace of the Chicago Cubs' pitching staff. The 31-year-old arrived in the MLB after eight strong seasons ...

Cubs staff, fans, and members of the press watch Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga throw in a live batting practice during spring training at Sloan Park on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Mesa, Ariz.

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MLB released the Cubs ’ projected lineup and pitching rotation on its main X account Friday night. As social media often does ...