SEATTLE — In a week, Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki will officially become the first Japanese-born player to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs wrapped up the season-opening Tokyo Series on Wednesday morning. The 2025 iteration of the Tokyo Series featured some of the best Japanese-born players in the game today: Shota Imanaga, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Seiya Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani.
[Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect moves made Wednesday by certain teams to clear up more international spending money.] The sweepstakes to land the services of Shohei Ohtani have been extensive to say the least.