The Dodgers are in the playoffs yet again. So who will they engage in?

There was little doubt the Dodgers would make the playoffs this time. They were the betting favorites to get the Earth Collection in advance of the season and proved quickly they were the course of the National League West.

But who will they engage in now that they’ve received the division for the ninth time in 10 a long time? That continues to be really substantially in question.

Their first opponent practically definitely will appear from a group of five groups: The Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers.

Barring a enormous shedding stretch in their remaining 21 games, the Dodgers (a significant-league finest 98-43) will open the postseason on Oct. 11 at Dodger Stadium. The earliest they would know their opponent is Oct. 8.

Less than the expanded playoff structure instituted this season, the two division winners with the finest records in every single league quickly advance to the division sequence. The other four teams — the third division winner and a few wild cards — will perform a best-of-three collection, with the larger seed hosting all 3 online games.

The Dodgers at the moment keep the No. 1 seed in the Nationwide League, with the Mets, the leaders of the NL East, at No. 2. The Cardinals, the likely winners of the NL Central, would be the 3rd seed and play the sixth-seeded Padres. The Braves would be the No. 4 seed and host the fifth-seeded Phillies.

The Mets and Braves are divided by 50 % a recreation so they could very easily swap places, as could the Padres and Phillies. The Brewers could also sneak in. The only close to certainties are the Dodgers at No. 1 and the Cardinals at No. 3.

The winner of the sequence among the fourth and fifth seeds performs the No. 1 seed in a greatest-of-five division collection. The winner of No. 3-No. 6 performs the No. 2 seed. The winners of individuals series advance to the league championship series.

Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner singles in opposition to the Braves on June 25 in Atlanta.

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Here’s how the Dodgers have finished towards their opportunity Nationwide League opponents:

Braves: The Dodgers received four of 6 against the 2021 World Sequence champions. The groups have achieved in the NLCS the previous two seasons, each and every facet winning the moment on the way to a championship.

Mets: The groups fulfilled 7 periods, the Mets winning 4 of those video games.

Phillies: The Dodgers went 3-4 from the Phillies, dropping 3 of four games at Dodger Stadium.

Padres: The Dodgers have continued their current domination of their division rivals. They are 12-4 versus San Diego, with just one regular-year collection remaining at the end of September.

Brewers: The groups performed seven game titles in a 10-working day period of time in August, the Dodgers profitable four times.

Cardinals: The Dodgers received two of 3 game titles in St. Louis in July. They participate in three game titles at Dodger Stadium beginning Sept. 23.