Since these teams met in Tokyo, the Cubs are 9-4 and the Dodgers are ... 8-4. So which team is better? And the Cubs have, theoretically at least, faced better opponents (D-backs, Padres, Rangers) while the Dodgers have feasted on a Braves team in a tailspin.
Fun fact: Shohei Ohtani still isn’t close to returning to pitching duty, so he won’t face the Cubs this year (since the only other 2025 Cubs/Dodgers series is 11 days away at Wrigley Field, and Ohtani won’t be pitching by then). The Cubs are one of only five teams Ohtani has never pitched against.