MILWAUKEE -- Less than a month ago, Roki Sasaki was pitching -- or more rightfully, flailing -- with Triple-A Oklahoma City, where he had compiled a 6.75 ERA through five starts. The image of Sasaki as a National League Rookie of the Year candidate had long since faded -- or more rightfully, imploded. The idea of Sasaki as a postseason solution for the Dodgers seemed Pollyannaish at best.

Less than two weeks ago, Jacob Misiorowski was pitching so poorly that it seemed plausible the Brewers might leave him off their playoff roster altogether. With a 6.06 ERA across August and September, Misiorowski had at least pitched himself out of Milwaukee’s NL Division Series rotation . Any possibility of him replacing Sasaki as Rookie of the Year was dead. The idea of Misiorowski as a postseaso

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