FORMER LOTTE'S LUCKY INFIELDER REMOVED FROM CUBS' TOKYO-BOUND LIST DESPITE HITTING NEARLY .500 HARD

Dixon Machado (33), who played for the Lotte Giants in 2020-21, performed very well with a batting average of nearly 500 in the exhibition game, but failed to go to Tokyo. The Cubs, which will play the "Tokyo Series" against the Los Angeles Dodgers from the 18th to the 19th, arrived at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on the 13th. A total of 31 people (1