MLB Tokyo Series 2025: All you need to know as Dodgers, open season Cubs

IN The baseball of the main league The season starts on Tuesday night in the Tokyo dome when Shohei ohtani and the defender of the world series Los Angeles Dodgers to face with Chicago Cubs.

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It is the first in the two game series and contains five Japanese players. Ohtani, Yoshinobu yamamoto And a new one Roki Sasaki slope for Dodgers while cubs have an attacker Seiya Suzuki And the left -hander Shota Imanaga.

The two of them MLB The teams have been in Tokyo for several days, playing exhibition games against two Japanese teams – Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.

All four exhibition games had an audience of approximately 42,000. A similar atmosphere is expected for two MLB games.

“Everyone is aware of the series, that’s obviously certain, more than I think it would be America,” said Cubs Curaig Counsell manager. “More people talk about it, absolutely. It’s a great feeling. Players love big events, that’s why we do it, that’s why we like to do it.”

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All-Japanese Backing Match

The first game will perform the first Sve-Japanese match for Pitching on the day of opening in MLB history. Yamamoto will take a crowd for Dodgers against Imanage Cubs.

Yamamoto enters his second season with Los Angeles. Last season he was 7-2 with a 3,00 era and was an important part of the World Tim Championship Championship, with a great performance in Game 2 victory over Lakes.

Imanaga was All-Star last year in her first season with Cubs. The leftist ended with a 15-3 record and a 2,91 era in 2024.

Dodgers will start Sasaki on Wednesday night in the second game.

Young cubs

The third basic man Matt Shaw is expected to debut for Cubs on Tuesday. Shaw is one of the best perspectives of the team and has done enough this spring to earn the initial cinema.

Shaw was assembled with the total choice number 13 2020 after playing baseball in Maryland. He hit a .284 with 21 Homer and 71 RBI last season, dividing the time between Double and Triple.

Other young cubs include the third year of attacker Pete Crow Armstrongwho hopes to take a big step forward after the encouraging second half of 2024. Worker worker He could also make his MLB debut.

Sick mookie

Dodgers Shortstop Mookie Betts want not playing in any game Against Chicago Cubs because of a disease that lingers last week.

Manager Dave Roberts said on Monday that Betts starts to feel better, but that he has lost almost 15 pounds and is still trying to be rehydrated and gain strength. Roberts added that the eight-time All-Star could fly to the United States before the team in an effort to rest and prepare for the home opener on March 27.

Miguel Rojas He will start at the Shortstop in Betts’ place.

What time is the Tokyo series?

Set your alarm if you plan to watch two tokio games in the United States. Both matches are at 19:10 in Tokyo, which means that there will be a awake call in the eastern time zone at 6:10.

To many fans of Cubs, Dodger will really need coffee. The start time in Chicago is 5:10, while in Los Angeles at 3:10. The game will be broadcast at the national level on Fox.

Tokyo history

This indicates the 25th anniversary of the first MLB of regular seasons played in Japan. IN New York Mets And Cubs played two games on the Tokyo dome in 2000.

From that series MLB returned in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2019, the 2019 series showed Oakland a and Seattle Marinerswho celebrated the last two games Ichiro Suzuki’s career in his home country. Suzuki will be introduced to the celebrity house this summer.

It is the tenth time that MLB has played on a regular season at a place outside 50 countries. Locations include Japan, Mexico, Ppotoriko, Australia and last year’s series in South Korea.

Associated press reporting.

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