(Kyodo) MESA, Arizona (Kyodo) -- Shota Imanaga is keeping his feet on the ground despite a strong rookie season as the lefty began ... The Cubs, also home to Japanese outfielder Seiya Suzuki ...
Cubs lefty pitcher Shota Imanaga and Dodgers starters Rōki Sasaki and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are all expected to start when the teams travel to Japan next month and open the season with a pair of ...
both sides have signaled that the first game could feature a marquee matchup between Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga and Dodgers righty Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Both pitchers are, of course, from Japan.
The Chicago Cubs were the first ... that left-hander Shota Imanaga will pitch in the Tokyo Series next month. The two-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Japan marks the start of ...
That will create a showdown of two Japanese star pitchers with Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga already confirmed as the opposing starter. The 26-year-old Yamamato signed with the ...
Report: Cubs ... in Japan but claims to not care for sushi. “I think he ate fake sushi, so I think I’m going to show him some real ones,” Imanaga said. In addition to Imanaga, fellow lefty ...
I think they’re going to have a lot bigger cheers,’’ Imanaga said through an interpreter. ‘‘But I want to tell the Japanese fans that hopefully they could cheer me and [Cubs teammate ...
Chicago Cubs hurler Shota Imanaga will likely pitch in one of the club’s games scheduled in Japan, team GM Jed Hoyer indicated. During a press conference following Day 1 of Cubs camp ...
Imanaga will start one of the first two games of the season when the Cubs face the Dodgers in Tokyo on March 18 and 19, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. This was hardly a surprise ...