The Dodgers’ NLDS roster: This is not a guess.

Austin Barnes

Austin Barnes is appears much smaller than his teammates, who are standing on the pitchers’ mound during a workout at Dodger Stadium on Monday. The Dodgers held a workout at Dodger Stadium in preparation for their National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals, which begins Friday in Washington, D.C. (John McCoy/Staff photographer)

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed the team’s roster for the National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals, which begins Friday. Our first and second guesses were both wrong.

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Game 138: Another short outing for an Arizona right-hander, another Dodgers victory.

Andrew Toles

Andrew Toles made a sliding catch in left field to end the seventh inning, and also went 2 for 3 with a double in the Dodgers’ 5-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. (Keith Birmingham/Staff photographer)

Monday it was Zack Greinke. Tuesday it was Shelby Miller serving up runs early and often as the Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2. The box score is here. The photo gallery is here.

The Dodgers have 13 relief pitchers after recalling Pedro Baezone of many who could benefit from a reduced workload.

Dodgers recall Pedro Baez, giving them 33 players and 13 relievers.

Pedro Baez

Dodgers pitcher Pedro Baez had a 7.50 earned-run average in 13 August appearances. (John McCoy/Staff photographer)

Pedro Baez‘s locker stall at Dodger Stadium never went anywhere the last week. Yet for the first time since he was demoted to Double-A Tulsa, Baez was there.
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Dodgers replace Pedro Baez with Casey Fien.

Pedro Baez

Dodgers pitcher Pedro Baez, who was optioned to Double-A Tulsa on Tuesday, has a 7.50 earned-run average in August. (John McCoy/Staff photographer)

DENVER >> The Dodgers optioned pitcher Pedro Baez to Double-A Tulsa prior to Tuesday’s game against the Colorado Rockies, and recalled Casey Fien from his rehabilitation assignment.

Ordinarily players who are optioned to the minor leagues can’t be recalled for another 10 days unless another player is hurt. But because the Tulsa Drillers’ season ends next Monday, the Dodgers can bring Baez back the following day, Sept. 6.

Baez’s overall numbers are quite solid: a 3.61 earned-run average in 62 appearances, with 19 walks and 68 strikeouts in 62 ⅓ innings. But his ERA has risen by a full run in August as the right-hander strung together one rocky appearance after another. He has a 7.50 ERA and a .653 opponents’ slugging percentage in his last 13 appearances.

Only Joe Blanton has appeared in more games this season for the Dodgers than Baez.

Fien hasn’t pitched since July 16 because of a minor elbow injury. He has a 3.80 ERA in 23 relief appearances since the Dodgers claimed him off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

Game 126: One run is all Rich Hill needs to win his Los Angeles Dodgers debut.

Justin Turner Yasmani Grandal

Yasmani Grandal congratulates Justin Turner on his 24th home run of the season, the Dodgers’ only run in a 1-0 win Wednesday over the San Francisco Giants. (John McCoy/Staff photographer)

Justin Turner‘s 24th home run of the season made a winner of Rich Hill in his Dodgers debut, a 1-0 win over the San Francisco Giants. The box score is here. The photo gallery is here.

Before he threw a scoreless inning Wednesday, Dodgers pitcher Pedro Baez turned to one of his minor league mentors for advice: Juan Castro, the team’s quality assurance coach.