Since 2015, both the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers have won 90+ games annually. Head-to-head, the Cubs and Dodgers are 15-up against each other. So far in 2019, Chicago has cranked 108 home runs, to LA’s 104.
The Dodgers have scored 355 runs to the Cubs 353. LA’s offense has a 114 wRC+, and the Cubs are at 108, ranking first and second in the National League, respectively.
Joe Maddon’s club walks just a tiny bit more than LA, at 10.6 percent to 10.2. Chicago’s strikeout rate is 23.1, to the Dodgers’ 20.1, so Los Angeles puts the ball more regularly The Dodgers’ OPS is only 11 points higher than the Cubs, and both teams have equal BABIP marks.