The longer best-of-seven format and the loss of Alex Vesia to injury will force the Dodgers to ask more of their starting pitchers against the Mets than they got in the NLDS.
The Dodgers survived two elimination games to get to the NLCS. The open as solid favorites against the Mets both in Game 1 ...
Jeff McNeil managed second base just fine, and his final remaining test in the Arizona Fall League was to be in right field.