The Los Angeles Dodgers locked up the third seed in the National League after clinching the division for the fourth-straight season on Thursday. Los Angeles is set to play in the Wild Card round beginning September 30. The team will host the winner of the final NL Wild Card berth – either the Cincinnati Reds or the New York Mets. In the meantime, the Dodgers are using their regular season-ending series against the Seattle Mariners to prepare for the playoffs.
Los Angeles will enter the postseason with an abundance of starting pitchers. But the team only needs a three-man rotation for the best-of-three Wild Card round. LA's other starters will either be left off the roster or used out of the bullpen. And manager Dave Roberts is busy evaluating potential relievers during the Mariners