As the Dodgers embark upon the next stage of their 2018 postseason quest, the landscape seems to be in great shape in terms of team dynamics, as the squad will have three full days to recover before firing the engines back up in Milwaukee.
All four members of the playoff rotation appear to be fresh heading into the NLCS. Each pitcher was used once, and lefties Clayton Kershaw and Hyun-Jin Ryu are coming off perhaps their best performances of the season. Team management had already decided previously that Kersh would start the next game, whether it was a Game 5 in the NLDS in Los Angeles or the NLCS opener.