Dynasty Dodgers trying to keep last ride together going: We have a lot left in the tank.

The Dodgers have been trying not to think about the future.They’ve been focused on their World Series three-peat pursuit in the present.But with their season on the line Thursday, and their dynasty in sudden jeopardy in the face of a three-games-to-none deficit in the National League Championship Series, it’s become harder to block out the reality.This might be their final ride together.Before this NLCS, third baseman Max Muncy acknowledged that dynamic, saying “there’s been some talk of that” even if he didn’t “like thinking about it.”On Thursday, first baseman Freddie Freeman also pondered the possibility, reflecting on everything this core has been through together.“I hadn’t thought about that once until you just brought it up,” he laughed.“But when you do think about it, it is special what we have accomplished over the last couple years.”Thus, the Dodgers entered Game 4 trying to do more than just save this season.

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“We know we have a lot left in the tank together.”Whenever the offseason arrives, notable changes could be coming to the Dodgers’ clubhouse.Freeman and Muncy won’t be going anywhere, nor will other core veterans such as Mookie Betts, Will Smith or Shohei Ohtani.But Miguel Rojas is likely to retire.Kiké Hernández will be a free agent (again).

And the uncertainty of a new collective-bargaining agreement could prompt other changes to the team’s tight-knit roster.The Dodgers explored a trade for outfielder Teoscar Hernández last winter, and could do so again this offseason (especially with the league trying to enact stricter spending rules in a new CBA, and the Dodgers boasting a number of budding outfield prospects in their ...