The Arizona Diamondbacks aren’t going to be playing baseball in October, but have a chance to impact who is.

The Dbacks have 31 games left in the season and 14 of those games (45 percent) are against teams in the think of playoff races.

Arizona hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers for a brief two game series Tuesday and Wednesday and also travels to Los Angeles for a three-game series September 5-7.

In addition to the five games against the Dodgers, the Dbacks will play six games against the Giants – three in Arizona and three in San Francisco – and finish the season at home against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Dodgers arrived at Chase Field on Tuesday with a five game lead in the National League West.

The Cardinals are a game and a half back in the NL Central and have a three game lead in the NL Wild Card.

The Giants are trailing the Dodgers in the NL West, but have a half game lead for the second NL Wild Card spot.

On September 1, MLB rosters expand from 25 to 40 players so teams will be calling up top prospects and giving them a shot to compete and learn a bit of what life is like at the Major League level.

Since Arizona is not in contention, it is likely they will giving players a look in order to determine how the roster will look in 2015 and the performance of those players – and the Dbacks as a whole – could have an impact on October.

So far this season the Dbacks are 4-10 against the Dodgers (0-2 in Australia, 2-4 at home and 2-4 on the road).

Arizona is also 5-8 against the Giants (3-3 in San Francisco and 2-5 in Arizona) and 0-3 against the Cardinals as they were swept in St. Louis earlier this season.