Will Corey Seager continue to start for Dodgers in postseason?

Will Corey Seager remain the Dodgers’ starting shortstop in the postseason?

Certainly sounds as if that could be the case, based on how a couple of the team’s top decision-makers responded Tuesday when asked about the 21-year-old rookie’s lack of experience.

General Manager Farhan Zaidi pointed to a four-game series last week in San Francisco. Seager started the first two games at shortstop over former World Series champion Jimmy Rollins, who moved back into the lineup only after the Dodgers secured their third consecutive division title.

“The series in San Francisco certainly came close to a playoff atmosphere and he handled it well,” Zaidi said.

In the two games against the Giants that counted -- the Dodgers clinched the National League West crown in the second game of the four-game series -- Seager drove in three runs.

Seager was the starting shortstop for the Dodgers in five of their last seven regular-season games. He finished the season batting .337 with four home runs and 17 runs batted in in 27 games.

Manager Don Mattingly sounded defensive when asked whether he was concerned about playing an inexperienced player at a key position.

“Who are you talking about?” Mattingly asked.

Shortstop, he was told.

“What about center?” Mattingly replied. “What about left? Could be a rookie. I could play (Joc) Pederson. I could play” Enrique Hernandez.

Still, Mattingly acknowledged experience would be taken into account when making roster and lineup decisions.

“I think it’s a factor,” he said. “It’s part of the equation. We’ve seen young guys have really good postseasons. We’ve seen you guys maybe not react as well. We’ve seen older guys maybe just too old for it, that get beat by pure velocity.”