2025 Chicago Cubs

2025 Chicago Cubs / Franchise: Chicago Cubs / BR Team Page

Record: , Finished in NL Central Division (2025 NL)

Managed by Craig Counsell

Coaches: Quintin Berry, Juan Cabreja, Ryan Flaherty, Tommy Hottovy, Casey Jacobson, Jose Javier, Dustin Kelly, John Mallee, Jonathan Mota, Alex Smith and Mark Strittmatter

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

History, Comments, Contributions

The 2025 Chicago Cubs opened their season by facing the Los Angeles Dodgers, the defending World Series champions, in a two-game series played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The Cubs were the home team for the two games, but the Dodgers had a lot more fans, due to the presence on their roster of three Japanese superstars, led by Shohei Ohtani, but also featuring their starting pitchers in the two games, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki. The Cubs had two Japanese players of their own in P Shota Imanaga and OF Seiya Suzuki, and Imanaga faced off against Yamamoto in a historic match-up in the season's first game. He pitched well, but the Cubs ended up losing both games. These games also featured the debut of two players in a Cubs uniform, RF Kyle Tucker, acquired in a big trade with the Houston Astros in the off-season, and rookie 3B Matt Shaw.

The Cubs went into the win column for the first time when they defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in their first stateside game, played at Chase Field on March 27th, a week after the Tokyo Series. C Miguel Amaya was the hero that day, as he drove in five runs on a pair of doubles.

Further Reading

• Jordan Bastian: "One big question facing Cubs ahead of 2025", mlb.com, December 26, 2024. [1]
• Jordan Bastian: "Cubs' trip to Tokyo for clash with Dodgers already a memorable experience", mlb.com, March 14, 2025. [2]
• Michael Clair: "Dodgers, Cubs to stage star-studded showdown in Tokyo to begin 2025 season", mlb.com, July 19, 2024. [3]

2025 MLB season by team