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How to watch the MLB Tokyo Series, baseball’s international opener for the Cubs and Dodgers
Mar 17 · Steven Louis GoldsteinThis article may be behind a paywall
$The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs open the 2025 MLB season from Japan's Tokyo Dome.
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After meeting with NPB, Rob Manfred not expecting change to Japanese player acquisitions
Mar 17 · Evan DrellichThis article may be behind a paywall
$Manfred met with his NPB counterpart Sadayuki Sakakibara on Sunday, the second of two days of games between MLB teams and NPB teams.
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When the Chicago Cubs needed a reset, they set their sights on Japan: ‘It’s paid off’
Mar 17 · Sahadev Sharma, Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$How the Cubs built a pipeline that infused the franchise with some of Japan’s best players.
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MLB National League Central 2025 preview: Whose division is it anyway?
Mar 17 · Jim Bowden, Patrick Mooney, C. Trent Rosecrans, Katie WooThis article may be behind a paywall
$While the baseball world at large seems to look down on the teams in the division, it can’t keep its eye off many of its players.
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Why are Cubs and Dodgers playing in Japan in the middle of March?
Mar 17 · Sahadev Sharma, Fabian ArdayaThis article may be behind a paywall
$The MLB season opens in Japan on Tuesday with a duel of Japanese stars on the mound.
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MLB Preseason Power Rankings: Where is your favorite team starting the 2025 season?
Mar 17 · Grant Brisbee, Stephen J. Nesbitt, Andy McCulloughThis article may be behind a paywall
$With the curtain rising on the 2025 MLB season Tuesday in Tokyo, here’s a primer on all 30 teams and their current playoff odds.
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Dodgers’ Mookie Betts won’t play in Tokyo Series due to illness
Mar 17 · Fabian ArdayaThis article may be behind a paywall
$Dodgers manager Dave Roberts noted that at one point Betts had lost 15 pounds and was severely dehydrated.
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Craig Counsell hopes Japan trip bonds Cubs as they enter a pressure-filled season
Mar 16 · Sahadev SharmaThis article may be behind a paywall
$Becoming a winning team "is about getting to know each other," Justin Turner said.
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Shohei Ohtani, other award winners to wear gold MLB logo patches that will go into trading cards
Mar 15 · Brooks PeckThis article may be behind a paywall
$MLB award winners will now be recognizable through the patches on their jerseys, giving way to a new line of rare trading cards.
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Chicago Cubs 2025 season preview: roster breakdown, projections, and bold prediction
Mar 15 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$Even in a division as weak as the National League Central, it won’t be an easy journey for the Cubs.
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Cubs notes from Tokyo: A huge crowd for workouts, pitching updates and Brady Counsell’s viral moment
Mar 14 · Sahadev SharmaThis article may be behind a paywall
$Some estimated that there were upwards of 10,000 fans at workouts, many of them in Dodgers blue.
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Cubs’ Matt Shaw called his shot on draft night. Now he’s poised to debut in Tokyo
Mar 14 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$Despite 35 Triple-A games and just 600 at-bats overall in the minors, Shaw is expected to be a big part of the 2025 Cubs.
Brad Keller part of Cubs’ push to never stop looking for the next pitching edge
Mar 13 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$Keller, a 6-foot-5 right-hander, impressed in the Cactus League with a fastball jump that has the Cubs envisioning him in shorter bursts.
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MLB Extension Week Tiers: Which deals should get done and which should wait?
Mar 13 · Tim BrittonThis article may be behind a paywall
$Of the 16 players analyzed, which deals make the most sense for both sides and which favor the player more than the team?
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