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Dodgers vs. Cubs: 6 takeaways from the first games of spring training 2025

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The Cubs and Dodgers got a head start on spring training with the first Cactus League game Thursday .

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw 27 pitches across 1 innings of work for the Dodgers.

Gage Workman smacked a fastball from Justin Wrobleski over the left-field fence in Mesa on Friday .

Gage Workman has two narrow paths to make the Cubs ’ Opening Day roster.

Zyhir Hope is one of the youngest players in any big-league camp this spring .

Vidal Brujan and Daniel Palencia are competing for a roster spot.

The ABS challenge system has arrived.

Max Muncy challenged a pitch in the bottom of the first inning of Thursday 's game against the Cubs .

The first two instances of the ABS Challenge System occurred in today ’s Cubs-Dodgers game.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts joked pregame that the team was going to tell Muncy he wasn’t allowed to challenge any calls.

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