Recently, Dave Roberts gave an epic quote to describe what the Dodgers represent to the sport as a whole at this point in time. ‘We are the epicenter globally for baseball,” said Roberts, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today on X, formerly Twitter.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have cleaned up with Japanese stars in recent years, landing everyone from Shohei Ohtani to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Roki Sasaki, and they show no signs of slowing down any time soon.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has announced the two aces who will kick off the Tokyo Series in Japan on March 18 and 19.