Dodgers hope ‘different level of intensity’ fixes bye-week woes entering playoffs

Facing a third straight postseason that will begin with a five-day bye week — and still reeling from the early eliminations that followed the first two the last couple of years — the Dodgers changed up some things ahead of their Saturday opener in the best-of-five National League Division Series.As opposed to the last two years, when they played full scrimmages on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ahead of the NLDS — having gotten a bye through MLB’s wild-card round as a top-two seed in the NL bracket — the Dodgers opted for a more “gradual build-up,” according to general manager Brandon Gomes, waiting to ramp up to game action until closer to Game 1 at Dodger Stadium.The team also is incorporating “different technologies,” Gomes said (like a Trajekt Arc pitching simulator that was installed at Dodger Stadium this year), as well as more batting practice sessions off high-velocity machines to prepare for the kind of pitching they expect to face.But really, the…