Cubs' Shota Imanaga thanks predecessors before making Opening Day history with Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto
MESA, Ariz. – Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga is acutely aware of the lineage he’s stepping into. With him set to be the Cubs’ Game 1 starter in the Tokyo Series, opposite Dodgers star Yoshinobu Yamamoto, it will be the first time in MLB history that two Japanese-born starting pitchers face off on Opening Day in Japan.
The Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers are set to lock horns at 3:05 PM ET as they kick-off this year's Spring Training ...
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts added that Japanese rookie Roki Sasaki could start the second of the two-game set.
The way Shota Imanaga’s schedule is mapped out leading up to his planned Opening Day outing against the Dodgers next month, ...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the defending World Series champs, the Los Angeles Dodgers open up their season against the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo.
And now we know the pitching matchup for the Opening Day contest: The Dodgers will send Japanese righty Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the mound while the Cubs will pitch Japanese lefty Shota Imanaga.
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