"And then once the postseason started, forget about the regular season and understand who we are as a group and understand that everybody's coming for us. We have a target on our backs, so we had to play like it. At times it felt like we were kind of checked out during the regular season. Here we are now and these are the games that really matter."
"I think it was experience and age has a lot to do with it. We have a lot of young guys, but I think we have a very salty team as far as the age, especially the position-players side of it. We have a lot of experience. We know that it's not that easy to turn it on and off. But we just need to find a way, and here we are."
The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a postseason spot for a 13th straight year despite a difficult finish marked by inconsistency and injuries. Veteran leadership and collective experience steadied a clubhouse with many young players, enabling the team to refocus once October arrived. Players emphasized treating playoff games differently and embracing the target on their backs. Kiké Hernández started Games 1 and 2 of the National League Wild Card Series, reached base multiple times, and experienced back tightness that led to a pinch-hit in Game 1 before returning to go 2-for-3 with an RBI in Game 2.
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