Cubs Announce Shota Imanaga

Cubs Announce Shota Imanaga As Opening Day Starter to Face Dodgers in Tokyo
Shota Imanaga will toe the rubber in his native Japan when the Cubs open the 2025 MLB season against the Dodgers at the Tokyo Dome.
Baseball: Shota Imanaga named Cubs' Opening Day pitcher, to face Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Shota Imanaga on Tuesday was named the Chicago Cubs' starting pitcher for Opening Day in March when they begin their Major
Chicago Cubs tab Shota Imanaga as 2025 Opening Day starter
After an impressive first season in Chicago that earned him a spot on the 2024 MLB All-Star team, Shota Imanaga will enter the 2025 season as the Chicago Cubs' undisputed ace. The Cubs tabbed Imanaga as their Opening Day starter to begin the 2025 season on March 18 in Tokyo vs.
Cubs tab Shota Imanaga for Opening Day start in Tokyo Series against Dodgers
Imanaga, coming off an impressive rookie campaign, will start opposite of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a teammate of his on Samurai Japan's roster.
Cubs' Shota Imanaga: Starting first game in Tokyo
Imanaga will start March 18 against the Dodgers in the Cubs' season-opening series in Tokyo. Manager Craig Counsell had said previously that Imanaga would take the ball in one of the two contests in Japan,
Cub Southpaw Shota Imanaga Throws MLB’s Best Splitter
For the 2nd straight year, following the Mets' Kodai Senga, a Japanese import threw MLB's best splitter-esque pitch. Logan Gilbert and Frankie Montas also got top marks.
Imanaga has big plans for '25 -- and they start in Tokyo
When Shota Imanaga arrived at camp last spring, the Japanese pitcher was grateful for how much his new Cubs teammates and the ballclub’s staff embraced him and made him feel comfortable. This spring,
Japanese stars Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga expected to start in MLB Opening Day series
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts added that Japanese rookie Roki Sasaki could start the second of the two-game set.
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Shota Imanaga hit the ground running in his first season in the major leagues, becoming the ace of the Chicago Cubs' pitching staff.