MLB reports: After he was reported to be a free agent by Arizona Diamondbacks head coach after his contract was terminated following him calling out the team for being a betrayer due to nonfulfillment of the contract deal for the season, the franchise second baseman has officially been reported to be in talks with Chicago Cubs head coach 3 hours ago. As confirmed and announced by ESPN after the official announcement from Chicago Cubs Head Coach regarding the ongoing trade between the franchise second baseman from the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago Cubs, it is confirmed that the Chicago Cubs have officially inked a deal with him after he agreed to the offer of 4 years and $121.8 million with the Cubs, but the deal was…

Fox touts significant viewership boost for Dodgers-Cubs Tokyo Series games
“Game 1 on Fox delivered the best-ever performance for an Opening Day game played in Asia.”

Fox is touting the success of the Tokyo Series games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, which opened the 2025 MLB season.

As expected, the games had massive viewership numbers in Japan. But while they didn’t air at an ideal time for an American viewing audience, they did big numbers stateside, as well.

Fox Sports PR sent out a post on X (formerly Twitter) noting that on average, 838,000 viewers watched Game 1, which aired early on Tuesday morning in the United States.

The post included other viewership highlights.

Putting two of MLB’s most popular teams (one of them being the defending World Series champion) against each other in a standalone series is certainly a good way to drive viewership totals up.