Dodgers playoff roster projection: Could Edwin Daz, Josue De Paula, even Hyeseong Kim surprise?

Entering the final week of the regular season, the Dodgers more or less know their postseason fate.They’ve locked up the National League West.They are a seemingly safe four games clear of the Atlanta Braves for a first-round bye.

And, unless they can close a two-game gap on the Milwaukee Brewers without holding the tiebreaker, they will finish as the NL’s No.2 seed, getting home-field advantage at least for the NL Division Series.Thus, the real intrigue for now is who might be on the Dodgers’ postseason roster when the playoffs begin next month.This year, injuries and fluctuating performances have forced them to cycle 53 different players through their clubhouse.And while the core of the group is clear, many questions remain about how the club will construct its lineup and pitching staff for this fall’s pursuit of a third-straight World Series.Here is the California Post’s best guess about how it will all shake out.Will Smith, Freddie Freeman, Tommy Edman, Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Teoscar Hernández, Andy Pages, Kyle Tucker, Shohei Ohtani, Kiké Hernández, Miguel Rojas, Hunter FeducciaThere won’t be any big surprises in how the Dodgers line up to begin the playoffs, assuming Ohtani is healthy enough to resume everyday DH’ing duties.Teoscar Hernández and Kyle Tucker have cemented their place as everyday hitters thanks to late-season surges.

Andy Pages is due back on Tuesday from a fractured hand.Freddie Freeman still seems somewhat limited by his right knee injury, but has nonetheless been able to manage it well enough to this point.

And while Tommy Edman has been slumping lately, he doesn’t seem to be in immediate danger of losing at-bats.On the bench, Hunter Feduccia has locked up the back-up catching job, and could be a left-handed hitting option as a pinch-hitter.Kiké Hernández and Miguel Rojas, meanwhile, each provide versatile defensive depth, as well as extensive track records for postseason heroics when called upon.Entering the final w...