Aroldis Chapman breaks MLB all-time strikeout record among relievers

Since entering MLB in 2010, Aroldis Chapman has been pumping a level of heat unseen in MLB history. Let’s just say the strikeouts have followed. With a strikeout of Denzer Guzman in the ninth inning of Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels, the Boston Red Sox closer became the MLB all-time leader in strikeouts among relievers with 1,364 in his career. He broke a tie with Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm. He got there with, naturally, a fastball. Chapman doesn’t throw with the 106 mph velocity that set a record early in his career anymore, but he has remained…