As the 2025 MLB season begins in Japan, the Dodgers, fresh off their World Series win, eye a repeat with a bolstered lineup featuring star acquisitions like Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki. Despite losing Walker Buehler, their pitching staff looks formidable with key signings and returning veterans. The Cubs, struggling for the past four seasons, are trying to turn their fortunes around after significant trades, including acquiring Kyle Tucker from the Astros. Both teams seek strong starts in their season-opening exhibition games in Japan.
If you haven't heard, the Dodgers won the World Series last season and begin their journey to become the first champs to repeat since the 2000 Yankees completed a three-peat.
They also won the bidding for tomorrow's starter Roki Sasaki, one of the most highly-touted international prospects ever.
The Cubs finished 10 games behind the Brewers with an 83-79 record last season and failed to make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.
They made one of the first giant splashes in the offseason, trading Issac Parades, Hayden Wesneski and to Houston for the final year of Kyle Tucker's contract.
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