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Rockies GM Jeff Bridich has coveted reliever Seunghwan Oh for a while

New Rockies right-hander Seunghwan Oh, being counted on to stabilize the bullpen as the club makes a run at the postseason, was a no-show Friday at Coors Field.

Literally, not figuratively.

Travel complications coming out of Toronto prevented Oh from greeting his new teammates and making his Colorado debut. But it’s clear that the Rockies coveted the 36-yeare-old Oh and believe he’s an excellent addition.

“We saw in 2016 what he could do — he had a spectacular year in the (Cardinals’) bullpen,” general manager Jeff Bridich said Friday, referring to Oh’s 19 saves, 1.92 ERA and 104 strikeouts, the third-most by a reliever in St.