Any day now, the Los Angeles Dodgers will win the National League West, sending them to the playoffs, with the chance to win the World Series.

And do any Dodgers fans really think they will do that? Win a World Series? This year? (We could ask “in their lifetimes”, but let’s not be dramatic.)

It has been 27 years since they won a World Series, in 1988, and all they needed then was one of the most dramatic home runs in baseball history (thank you, Kirk Gibson) and two overpowering pitching performances (thanks, Orel Hershiser).

Since then?

The Dodgers reached the National League playoffs in 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013 and 2014. Not only did they not win a World Series in those postseason appearances, they did not advance far enough to lose a World Series.

And what about this team makes any Dodgers fan confident they will change that this fall?

Yasiel Puig? Oh, wait. He won’t play until the National League Championship Series, at best. And if he does, he will have a brain cramp or three.

Adrian Gonzalez? Solid guy, solid citizen, but his back is aching and his production has fallen off in the second half of the season.

Joc Pederson? Kid can hit home runs, but that is about the extent of his offense.

The geriatric twins, Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley? They did it in Philadelphia, but that was a long time ago.

The bullpen, the modern key to any postseason run? Nobody down there can be trusted, aside from Kenley Jansen — and he’s the closer, and modern ball requires a set-up guy (or three) to carry a team from a quality start to the closer.

Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke? Well, maybe. In theory. Though the two pitching stars can’t pitch every game in a five-game series, let alone a seven-game series, and what is behind them are a bunch of shaky guys.

Plus, there are Those Numbers put up by Kershaw in the postseason. In his career, the best pitcher of his generation (Regular Season Edition) has a 1-5 record with an ERA of 5.12. This is in 51 innings, mind, over four seasons and 11 games, which seems to suggest it wasn’t just an off day or two.

The genius who is manager Don Mattingly? The solid brotherhood of the Dodgers clubhouse? Their record of clutch performances over the past 26 years?

Well, maybe they could get lucky, and beat a couple of teams who are better than they are (from the Cardinals, Mets, Cubs, Pirates), and then win a World Series — and that has always been a problem with the franchise, going back to Brooklyn — 21 World Series, six championships.

Dodgers fans have seen one semi-miracle this season — their team about to be in the playoffs, in part because the rest of the NL West is unspectacular (the Giants) or not very good at all (the rest).

Making the playoffs is about as good as can be hoped for. Some other year, for the World Series, maybe. But don’t ask me to guess when.