SAN FRANCISCO – A year ago, Don Mattingly picked Juan Uribe to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers in the final game of the regular season and they beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5.

Now that the Dodgers have clinched the NL West, Mattingly said he will let a player manage Game 162 of this season as well, presuming the Dodgers aren’t still in the running for home-field advantage in their playoff series with the New York Mets. Mattingly said he is considering letting Clayton Kershaw manage that game, but that could set up a strange dynamic. Kershaw will be pitching in that game.

“He may have to argue with himself,” Mattingly said.

That’s because Kershaw, the presumptive Game 1 starter of the NLDS, will be on a strict innings or pitch limit in his final tune-up start on Sunday, Mattingly said, though he wouldn’t divulge exactly how far he’ll let him go. Kershaw is six strikeouts from becoming the first major league pitcher to reach 300 since Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling did it in 2002.

While Kershaw’s outing will be a mini-start, Zack Greinke will be given his normal 100 or so pitches on Saturday, Mattingly said. Greinke, who skipped his second-to-last start with soreness in his right calf, requested that he be allowed to make a normal start. Greinke would then have six days of rest before his Game 2 start.

Mattingly said the team wasn’t ready to announce the rotation for the NLDS yet.

As for lineups, Mattingly said he will continue to field his regulars, with the exception of some players who are battling minor injuries, such as Adrian Gonzalez, Justin Turner and Howie Kendrick. All three of those players were out of Wednesday’s post-clinching lineup, but Gonzalez said he wants to play the final four games of the season.

Also, Mattingly said the team will schedule regular work for closer Kenley Jansen in these final five games to get him tuned up, since the Dodgers have four days off after Sunday’s season finale before Game 1.