The MLB Tokyo series wrapped up with the Los Angeles Dodgers sweeping the Chicago Cubs to officially kick off the 2025. In Game 2, Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani treated his countrymen to a monster shot of a home run.

Ohtani is the second Japanese-born player to hit a home run in an MLB game played in Japan, joining Hideki Matsui. Matsui hit a two-run home run for the New York Yankees against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at the Tokyo Dome on March 31, 2004.

Shohei Ohtani belted his first home run of the season Wednesday in Tokyo, but it came with some controversy as the announcers, and even Ohtani, weren't sure it should have been a home run after the umpires reviewed it.

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It was Roki Sasaki’s MLB debut, and here’s how his first inning went: four pitches in triple digits, then two at 99 before breaking off an 85 mph slider. Back to 100, 99 before unveiling the disgusting splitter (which broke arm-side for ball one to Kyle Tucker).

Roki Sasaki's shaky MLB debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Tokyo Series gave Toronto Blue Jays fans some hope that he might not be the generational talent he was expected to be.