MLB Tokyo Series Betting Odds + Best Bets for Dodgers vs Cubs on Tuesday

• The 2025 MLB season kicks off with Game 1 of Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers (-161) and the Chicago Cubs.
• Los Angeles has +105 odds to cover the 1.5-run line on Tuesday morning.
• Back Shota Imanaga and the Cubs (+135) and also bet Kyle Tucker to hit a home run in his Cubs debut at +475 odds.

TOKYO – The Los Angeles Dodgers are favored to open the season with a win (-161) against the Chicago Cubs in the first game of the 2025 Tokyo Series. However, we’re fading the World Series favorites in this one and backing Chicago’s +135 legal sports betting odds to win outright.

Los Angeles Dodgers Vs Chicago Cubs

Both teams are flooded with Japanese talent like Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki on the Dodgers side and Shota Imanaga and Seiya Suzuki on the Cubs side that explains why these teams were chosen to showcase the MLB in Tokyo. The Dodgers are favored on the legal California sports betting run line (-1.5) with Yamamoto on the mound, but Cubs starter Shota Imanaga will give LA’s star-studded lineup problems.

Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani, and Mookie Betts are a combined 1-15 against Imanaga in their short list of plate appearances facing the left-hander. That edge on the mound could be the x-factor for Chicago cashing their +135 MLB betting odds to start the season with a win.

Kyle Tucker’s Home Run Odds For Cubs Debut Are +475 At Bovada

The Cubs acquired Kyle Tucker, a three-time All Star and MVP candidate, to compete with the NL’s best teams like the Dodgers. Tucker has +475 odds at Bovada Sportsbook to hit a home run in his Cubs debut in the Tokyo Dome.

He crushes right-handers like Dodgers starting pitcher Yamamoto, increasing his slugging percentage from .466 vs lefties to .655 vs righties. His batting average also jumped from .262 to .305 when facing right-handers last season, so he’s the best bet to leave the yard at Bovada’s juicy +475 odds on Tuesday.

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