The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will get the 2025 MLB season started with a two-game set at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on March 18 and 19. The Dodgers are extremely popular in Japan due to their trio of standout Japanese players in Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, and now their overseas fans will have the chance to see them in-person in Tokyo.
Ahead of the season-opening series, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced the team's pitching plans for the game on March 18. In a fitting decision, Roberts declared that Yamamoto would toe the rubber for L.A. in the first of the two games.
