The Dodgers are going to be in the postseason, once again. They’ll have Shohei Ohtani atop the lineup, once again. But: How will they use him? In what role? Or roles? Baseball’s most interesting man – and only official “two-way player” – offers so many options for Dave Roberts to choose from, now that he’s back to pitching and hitting at a high level.

Last October, recovering from Tommy John surgery that kept him off the mound all season, it was a whole lot simpler. The Dodgers played 16 postseason games, and Ohtani was the designated hitter for all 16 of them, playing through a left shoulder injury suffered late in Game 2 of the World Series. There wasn’t much to think through. Given their massive rotation problems, they could have used him, and the thought came up , but it ultim

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