Michael Conforto can keep dreaming with comments about Dodgers World Series roster

The Dodgers have an unbelievable 9-1 record in the postseason from the Wild Card through the NLCS, and no matter who they end up facing in the World Series between the Mariners and Blue Jays, they look unstoppable.

Offensive contributions, though sometimes still lacking a little too much for Dodgers fans to get too comfortable, have come from all over the lineup. Their starting pitching has been so good that they've largely been able to avoid the bullpen, who haven't actually managed to screw anything up so far. They're doing everything right, and it would be surprising if nothing about the roster changes going into the Fall Classic.

That means that Michael Conforto, who has been excluded from every roster so far, is going to have to keep dreaming about being part of the World Series team.

Ahead of LA's NLCS Game 4, he commented on that exclusion for the first time since the postseason began and said, "I am just trying to enjoy this experience and soak it all in and trying to stay ready if they need me in this series or the next one."

Yeah man, that's probably not gonna happen.

Michael Conforto is "staying ready" if needed in the World Series, but Dodgers fans know it'll never happen

Kiké Hernández has started every postseason game as the Dodgers' left fielder and has been just as good in October as fans have come to expect, hitting .306 with a .792 OPS through the NLCS. Alex Call has also gotten a few reps as a pinch-hitter or substitute, and he's gotten three hits in four at-bats with two walks without striking out once. Hernández had a brief injury scare during the Wild Card, but has been cruising otherwise.

The only way that Conforto would sneak onto the World Series roster is if either Hernández or Call sustain an injury, which we'll keep our fingers crossed doesn't happen. If it does, Conforto is so low on the outfield totem pole that he'd be lucky if he got a pinch-hit in a blowout.

He ended the regular season with a .199 average and .638 OPS in 138 games, making him one of the worst qualified hitters in baseball. He has 12 games worth of postseason experience with the Mets in 2015 and hit three home runs, but it's been a decade and Conforto is a different (worse) player all-around now.

He's been in the dugout with the team, so he'll be able to swarm the mound with everyone else if/when the Dodgers win the World Series, but that should probably be the only time he's on the field through the rest of October.