NEW YORK – Ask Giants executive vice president Brian Sabean to profile the kind of relief acquisition that the club will to target to bolster the bullpen down the pennant stretch and into the playoffs, and he describes a dominant presence with strikeout stuff.
He describes a pitcher who could handle a full inning, without regard to matchups. He describes “not just the average Joe,” but a “meaningful piece” who amounts to much more than “just a body.”
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He can’t mention Aroldis Chapman by name. That would be tampering. But as the Giants arrive at Yankee Stadium to begin a three-game interleague series on Friday, and with the Aug.