The series will bring two of Japanese baseball’s biggest stars back home — Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga and Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani. A matchup like this is great for the fans in ...

The Cubs are 26 games under .500 since Theo Epstein left. They're projected to win 90 games in 2025, and Jed Hoyer knows he ...

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 ...

Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga plays catch during the team's spring training camp in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 9, 2025. (Kyodo) Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga speaks to reporters during the ...

But he learned it was left-hander Shota Imanaga’s book on pitching. “It shows you that’s what he’s like,” Hoyer said before the Cubs’ 7-1 win against the Red Sox on Friday.

At this time last year, Shota Imanaga was a huge question mark in the Chicago Cubs' rotation. Signed to a four-year, $53 million contract out of Japan's NPB, Imanaga was thought of as a back-end ...

Imanaga (12-3) struck out seven and walked two, throwing 66 pitches for strikes. A 31-year-old left-hander in his first season with the Cubs after pitching in Japan for eight seasons, Imanaga has ...

Old Man Winter has its icy grip on Chicagoland this week, but here’s a warm reminder that summer is inching closer: Cubs pitchers and catchers reported to camp Monday. As spring training gets underway ...

The Chicago Cubs were the first team to have pitchers ... Counsell has already told reporters that left-hander Shota Imanaga will pitch in the Tokyo Series next month. The two-game series against ...

Chicago Cubs hurler Shota Imanaga will likely pitch in one of the club’s games scheduled in Japan, team GM Jed Hoyer indicated. During a press conference following Day 1 of Cubs camp ...

Manager Craig Counsell confirmed the obvious: The Cubs plan to pitch Japanese left-hander Shota Imanaga during the Tokyo Series. ‘‘I think that’s mandated, kind of,’’ Counsell quipped.