Dodgers, Cubs to Open 2025 Season in Tokyo on March 18, Rest of MLB Starts March 27

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, who homered earlier in the game, heads to first base after drawing a walk against the Colorado Rockies in Denver on June 20, 2024. David Zalubowski/AP Photo

NEW YORK—The Los Angeles Dodgers and Japanese-born superstar Shohei Ohtani will open the 2025 Major League Baseball season in Tokyo against the Chicago Cubs on March 18, and the transplanted Athletics will start the home portion of their first season in Sacramento against the Cubs on March 31.

All 30 teams are scheduled to play March 27, marking the earliest opening day other than international games, MLB announced Thursday. There were games on March 28 in 2019 and this season.