The Dodgers are off on Thursday after playing 13 days in a row, a length none of their remaining schedule can match. Beginning Friday, they will play 28 games over 31 days, with a nine-day stretch (September 2-10), a 10-day stretch (September 12-21), and a six-day stretch to end the regular season (September 23-28).

Unlike most years, the Dodgers winning the National League West this season wouldn’t necessarily earn them a bye past the wild card round. The Dodgers have only been in the wild card round twice in this current stretch of playoff participation — in 2020, when the postseason was expanded and all 16 postseason teams played in the wild card round; and in 2021, when the Dodgers had the second-best record in baseball (106-56) but finished one game behind the Giants and had to play

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