LOS ANGELES — For most of his rookie season, Roki Sasaki’s biggest impact on the Dodgers was his off-hand remark to team president Stan Kasten during his free-agency recruiting visit that led to the team adding high-tech, Japanese-style toilets to the renovated clubhouse .

Now, Sasaki could be the difference between the Dodgers getting flushed out of the playoffs short of their goal or solving the biggest threat to their title defense.

“I think he’s really helpful. Really talented,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said after Sasaki’s latest electric relief appearance closed out the Cincinnati Reds in the Wild Card Series on Wednesday night . “He can get out righties and lefties. So obviously he’s really helpful.”

Helpful? Like a fire hose is helpful in putti

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