After their two-game sweep over the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo last week, the Dodgers play their first game of the season at home at 4 p.m. PDT (ESPN).

The star-studded Dodgers begin their World Series title defense in the Tokyo Series against the Cubs, opening the 2025 MLB season. Los Angeles and Chicago will play a pair of games in front of 55,000 rabid fans at the Tokyo Dome, with first pitch set for 6 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19.

The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers technically introduced a new Major League Baseball season last week, when they played two contests against the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo, Japan. (The Dodgers won both of those games,

Last week, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs kicked off Major League Baseball's new season with a two-game series in Tokyo, Japan. Come Thursday, the rest of the league will get in on the fun by celebrating Opening Day 2025.

On a day that's treated like a local holiday, two of the National League's oldest franchises will come together Thursday to open the 2025 season when the Reds host the Giants at Great American Ball Park.