The next three weeks for the Dodgers are about securing postseason positioning but also figuring out which relief pitchers have the steadiest branches in manager Dave Roberts’ trust tree.

Tanner Scott in the first year of his massive four-year contract has been a disappointment, tied for the league lead with nine blown saves. That doesn’t even count the walk-off home run he allowed in a tie game on Friday night in Baltimore, after which the dejected left-hander said, “It feels terrible. I have to figure it out because baseball hates me right now.”

Scott’s 10 home runs allowed in 49 1/3 innings this season are nearly double his total homers allowed (six) in 150 innings over the previous two seasons.

Kirby Yates signed roughly the same time as Scott, and their signings felt like excess at

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