LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers simply returned from their common season opener in Seoul, South Korea. They could additionally open the 2025 season in Tokyo, Japan.
Bob Nightengale at USA At present stated in his Sunday Notes column, “The Chicago Cubs and Dodgers have been privately knowledgeable that they’ve been chosen to open the 2025 season in Tokyo.”
Contemplating the Dodgers simply spent greater than $1 billion to signal Japanese superstars Shohei Ohtani and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto to document contracts, the enchantment of getting them play main league video games of their dwelling nation is out. of the charts. And this at first contemplating the Dodgers' anticipated pursuit of Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki subsequent offseason.
The Dodgers haven’t confirmed such a visit to Tokyo but.
“I've heard rumors. I hope we're included,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated earlier than Sunday's Freeway Collection recreation at Doodger Stadium. “I do know that nothing is finalized but. Clearly, it makes numerous sense.”
To present you an thought of the timing, information of the Dodgers and Padres presumably enjoying in South Korea broke within the first week of Might 2023, and it was not formally introduced by Main League Baseball till July.
As a part of the collective bargaining settlement, MLB gamers and house owners agreed to common season video games internationally. Final 12 months, there have been matches in Mexico Metropolis and London, which may even be the case this season and in 2026. Mexico Metropolis can be on the docket for 2025, as is San Juan, Puerto Rico , with a return journey to San Juan in 2026. .
A June 2025 MLB journey to Paris was additionally within the works, however plans have been scrapped final November after the league did not safe a promoter for the occasion, in response to the Related Press.
Simply again from Seoul, the primary MLB common season video games in South Korea, Roberts and the Dodgers have a brand new perspective on worldwide video games.
“The expertise itself was nice, and I feel it's good for our guys to comprehend that it's larger than them, it's larger than the Dodgers,” Roberts stated. “It was about Main League Baseball going to South Korea, which was nice.”
