Shota Imanaga on Tuesday was named the Chicago Cubs' starting pitcher for Opening Day in March when they begin their Major League Baseball season against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Tokyo Dome.

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 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 ...

Imanaga, coming off an impressive rookie campaign, will start opposite of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a teammate of his on Samurai Japan's roster.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced on Wednesday that star Japanese pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki will take ...

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 ...

Shohei Ohtani is all set to return to his roots - Japan; however, this time, as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The post “Come out Thinking Dodger”: Shohei Ohtani Ready to Paint His ‘Home City’ ...

However, things turned around when Shota Imanaga went 15-3 and was the only Cubs player at the 2024 All-Star game. Meanwhile, Justin Steele is the most established in the Cubs' 5-man crew.

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 ...

the Mar. 18-19 series marks an informal homecoming for Ohtani and fellow Japanese MLB stars Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Rōki Sasaki, Shōta Imanaga (Cubs) and Seiya Suzuki (Cubs).

(AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox, File) CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs acquired right-hander Ryan Pressly and cash from the Houston Astros on Tuesday for minor league pitcher Juan Bello. Pressly likely slides ...