SAN FRANCISCO — For roughly three months, manager Bob Melvin had a formula when the Giants led in close games: Randy Rodríguez for the seventh, Tyler Rogers for the eighth, Camilo Doval for the ninth. There were variations, but that trio had their roles.

That formula now resides in the past.

Rogers is a New York Met, Doval is a New York Yankee and Rodríguez is the closer. Now, Melvin is tasked with finding another late-game formula that sticks.

“We still feel like we have some really good pieces in the bullpen,” Melvin said following the trade deadline. “I can’t tell you exactly how it’s going to be right now. There’s going to be some trial and error with it, but we have an idea of what it’s going to look like.”

Melvin isn’t starting from scratch.

Rodríguez was an easy choice to eleva

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