The superstar is on the injured list. But his team is hopeful he will be able to play in the postseason. Sound familiar?

But this isn’t about Shohei Ohtani; it’s about Aaron Judge.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will head into the playoffs this year considerably more unsettled than usual: Ohtani has problems with his right arm and left knee; the bullpen is a mess; the inconsistent offense has started hitting — but against awful teams. Which makes them like pretty much every other contender.

Every postseason-bound team is banged up or has something wrong, starting with the Dodgers’ potential World Series opponents, the New York Yankees.

The Yankees spent the majority of the summer without Judge, who barely hit in the six games he played after he was activated from the injured list earlier this month. Judge is now back on the IL with a calf strain and the team isn’t making any promises about how much he’ll play in October, if at all.

“We’re going to get him back, or we’re not,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters. “That’s what we’re going to work to do, and we’ll see.”

As the likely No. 2 seed in the National League, the Dodgers are expected to earn a first-round bye in the playoffs. They are lined up to take on the No. 3 seed Atlanta Braves or one of the three wild-card teams in the divisional round — potentially the Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres or Chicago Cubs.

Every one of their NLDS opponents have their own problems.

With former All-Star Spencer Strider sidelined with elbow problems, the Braves don’t have much starting pitching outside of Chris Sale.

The Braves had a deal in place to acquire Jacob deGrom from the Texas Rangers at the trade deadline, but the two-time Cy Young Award winner invoked the no-trade provision in his contract and blocked the exchange.

DeGrom’s decision might have decided the fate of the Braves, who ended up with Tyler Mahle as their only midseason starting pitching acquisition. Mahle has outpitched expectations since his move from the San Francisco Giants, but he didn’t have a season earned-run average of under four until last week.

If there was a rotation that figured to give the Dodgers trouble, it was the Phillies’, which included two electric left-handers in Jesús Luzardo and Cristopher Sanchez. But Luzardo is now on the IL with shoulder inflammation and Sanchez has a 4.70 ERA over his last six starts.

The Phillies also have issues in their bullpen, as they have encountered more and more difficulty getting the ball into hands of closer Jhoan Duran. Setup man Jonathan Bowlan has been particularly atrocious this month, posting a 6.75 ERA and allowing runs in five of his seven appearances.

With Mason Miller as their closer, the Padres have one of the best bullpens in baseball. The Padres don’t blow many late-game leads, but can they build one against competent opposition in the postseason? 

They have Michael King in their rotation, followed by Nick Pivetta, who has started only seven games this season because of elbow problems; followed by Casey Mize, who has a 6.64 ERA since the Padres acquired him from the Tigers; followed by Robbie Rays, who has a 5.52 ERA since his move from the Giants.

At least the Padres have a No. 1 starter.

The Cubs have the best player in baseball this season in Pete Crow-Armstrong, but they might have to send Clay Holmes to the mound in their postseason opener. Acquired at the trade deadline from the New York Mets, Holmes has a 4.26 ERA in eight starts for the Cubs.

That’s still better than the team’s other trade-deadline prize, Kevin Gausman, who was bad for the Blue Jays and now even worse for the Cubs. 

The Cubs could have an even greater problem now: Third baseman Alex Bregman was struck in the face with a foul ball standing in the on-deck circle Sunday. He was sent to a nearby hospital for X-rays and a CT scan, according to multiple reports.

The Brewers have the best record in the major leagues, but they don’t look invincible, either. Jacob Misiorowski and Logan Henderson are their only two starting pitchers with ERAs under four. 

Their recent postseason record indicates their teams are also better-suited for the regular season. Case in point: They were swept by the Dodgers in the NL Championship Series last year.

None of this makes the Dodgers’ concerns less real.

The reality is they don’t know what Ohtani will be able to give them in October. They have to keep a close eye on Blake Snell after he departed his most recent start after one inning. And they still have to figure out who they have and don’t have in their bullpen.

But they aren’t alone.

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