Chapman disagrees with how Cubs used him in postseason

NEW YORK — Aroldis Chapman said that he did not agree with how Chicago manager Joe Maddon and the Cubs used him in this year’s postseason, specifically pointing to his surprise relief appearance in Game 6 of the World Series against the Indians.

Chapman was summoned in the seventh inning of Game 6 at Progressive Field with Chicago holding a 7-2 lead. He recorded four outs in a 20-pitch appearance that he said taxed him for the decisive Game 7, when he blew the save in a 35-pitch outing that included surrendering a game-tying, eighth-inning homer to Cleveland’s Rajai Davis.

“Personally, the way he used me during the playoffs, I believe there were a couple of times where maybe I shouldn’t be put in the game and he put me in,” Chapman said through an interpreter. “So I think, personally, I don’t agree with the way he used me. But he is the manager, and he has the strategy. My job is to be ready, to be ready to pitch whenever that is, however many innings it is. I need to be ready for that, and I need to go in to do my job.”

Chapman made his comments while speaking on a conference call Friday, formally announcing his five-year, $86 million deal with the Yankees, who traded him to the Cubs in July. Chapman made 28 regular-season appearances with Chicago with a 1.01 ERA, and then he made 13 postseason appearances in which he logged four …

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