We're just days away from the first game of the Wild Card series, and the Dodgers have a closer emergency. Tanner Scott, who received a handsome four-year, $72 million contract over the offseason, has been a massive disappointment in his first year as a Dodger.

With the Dodgers up 3-1 against the Arizona Diamondbacks entering the seventh inning, Sasaki threw a scoreless frame of relief, with two strikeouts and a groundout against the back half of the Arizona lineup, on only 13 pitches. Just as importantly, his fastball sat at 99 mph after averaging only 96 mph earlier this season.

Roki Sasaki whiffs Ildemaro Vargas with a 100-mph fastball for a strikeout, and the final out of the bottom of the 7th inning

"Rehab updates: Roki Sasaki, Brock Stewart and Kyle Hurt all threw scoreless innings for [Triple-A Oklahoma City] today," he reported. "Sasaki was 97-98 mph with his fastball and got a strikeout on his splitter to cap a 1-2-3 inning."