NEW YORK -- Giants executive vice president of baseball operations Brian Sabean affirmed that the team is striving to acquire a reliever by the Aug. 1 non-waiver Trade Deadline who will upgrade the bullpen significantly, not just incrementally.
"I don't know how things are going to shake out," Sabean said.
And that's due partly to uncertainties involving which players are actually available or clubs that fit as trading partners.
But Sabean expressed a preference for obtaining a high-volume strikeout reliever. Moreover, unlike previous years, Sabean didn't rule out trading players currently on the active Major League roster.