LOS ANGELES — Left field at the moment is up for grabs on the Dodgers for 2017, and the one thing we know is that the leader in games and innings in left from 2016 won’t be around for a repeat with Friday’s trade of Howie Kendrick to the Phillies. But instability has been the name of the game for some time at the position.
Andrew Toles was the starter against right-handed pitchers in the playoffs, as well as most of September, and on Friday general manager Farhan Zaidi mentioned Andre Ethier, Trayce Thompson and Scott Van Slyke — all of whom were hurt for long stretches in 2016 — as left field options as well.