Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggled in his MLB debut against the San Diego Padres during the Seoul Series last year, but otherwise had a productive first half of the 2024 season as a Los Angeles Dodgers rookie.
For the second time in as many seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers are opening their regular season on foreign soil as they are set to take on the Chicago Cubs in the Tokyo Series.
After landing in LA, Roki Sasaki revealed how his Dodgers teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto have eased his MLB transition.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will kick off Major League Baseball's 2025 regular season on March 18-19 with a two-game set in Tokyo, Japan. The host country will be well-represented, particularly on the mound.
There has been considerable chatter around the Los Angeles Dodgers the entire offseason following their World Series win last year.
Sasaki does not want to be known as Ohtani's pupil. He is determined to establish himself as one of the best pitchers in MLB today. That mission begins in spring training, and in his ideal world, it will culminate with another Dodgers title run this fall.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts added that Japanese rookie Roki Sasaki could start the second of the two-game set.
The Dodgers and Cubs will square off in their first regular season game at Tokyo Dome. Early predictions are out along with the odds & picks.