LOS ANGELES — It is, in the words of Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy, “a nice problem to have,” and considering the sorry state of the team’s beleaguered bullpen and the inconsistency of the offense, the Dodgers will gladly deal with it.
The dilemma facing Manager Dave Roberts and the front office: how to squeeze five playoff-worthy starting pitchers – Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and Clayton Kershaw – into a three-man rotation for a National League wild-card series that begins on Sept. 30.
“Well, it wouldn’t be fun,” Muncy said of the decision, “but on the other side of it, I don’t think you can make a wrong choice.”
It has been five years since the Dodgers, who had baseball’s best record from 2022-2024, began postseason play with a three-game series, t