Baseball: Imanaga named Cubs' Opening Day pitcher, to face Yamamoto

Shota Imanaga on Tuesday was named the Chicago Cubs' starting pitcher for Opening Day in March when they begin their Major League Baseball season against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Tokyo Dome.Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto was confirmed as the Dodgers starter last week, meaning two Japanese pitchers will face off in an MLB opener for the first time on March 18.The Dodgers are planning to start their new acquisition Roki Sasaki a day later in the second of their two-game series, with the decision to be confirmed after assessing his performance in spring training.Imanaga went 15-3 with a 2.9…READ FULL ARTICLE