It seems like the Dodgers always need at least one guy playing through an injury during a postseason run to make it a real Dodgers postseason run. Last year, of course, it was Freddie Freeman; this year it was Will Smith and Tommy Edman.
Both pushed through, and Smith did it in a big way, calling every contest of the World Series and both of Yoshinobu Yamamoto's complete games, along with hitting a key two-run single in Game 2 of the NLDS against the Phillies and the go-ahead blast in Game 7. Edman, nursing an ankle injury, was quieter throughout the month but was in every starting lineup and even spent a few innings in center field despite not being able to run well.