Brewers acquire John Axford (Not a bump, this actually happened today) Latest- "Significant Structural Damage to Elbow"

[pacopete4]

Somewhere Jeremy Jeffress is shaking his fist.

[bork]

Glad his old number was still available.

 

Still remember when Trevor was helping him through his early time.

 

And how the guy who's 4th on the all time saves list was his setup man (K-Rod).

[Jopal78]

Somewhere Jeremy Jeffress is shaking his fist.

 

Obviously if a 39 year old TV broadcaster is getting a gig before JJ, there is more to his abrupt dismissal from the Nationals and subsequent disinterest from all the other clubs, that the fans haven't been let in on yet.

[owbc]

I mean...what??? Some of the coaches throwing BP in the home run derby looked like they were in better baseball shape than Ax. This is as close as we will ever get to the equivalent of an NHL team bringing in an equipment manager as an emergency goalie.

 

The only thing I can think of is that the entire bullpen got exposed to COVID and they don't want to burn options of their AAA guys. LOL.

 

I hope he proves me wrong and gets some outs before we send him back to Canada in a week or two.

[folly412]

So our AAA guys are worse than Axford? Can’t we just say next man up? Puzzling. Yet, if they believe he is better..

 

His (limited) numbers are indeed better than any of them. Kind of surprised Lindblom hasn't been in the picture with his fantastic AAA numbers, though they possibly view him as starting depth only. Luke Barker is also having a nice season and probably the next best choice.

[young guns]

Well, someone needs to pitch the 9th when we are up 9-0 over the next 3 days, I guess.

[jerichoholicninja]

Somewhere Jeremy Jeffress is shaking his fist.

 

Obviously if a 39 year old TV broadcaster is getting a gig before JJ, there is more to his abrupt dismissal from the Nationals and subsequent disinterest from all the other clubs, that the fans haven't been let in on yet.

 

Axford has been dominating AAA while Jeffress is at home Tweeting. I don't know why JJ isn't in some organization right now but Axford getting a shot over him is not surprising at all.

[AKCheesehead]

Somewhere Jeremy Jeffress is shaking his fist.

 

Lexington Kentucky, to be precise. His first 7.2 innings in independent league have not been particularly good.

[folly412]

I'm proud to have just edited the Rolaids Relief Man Award Wikipedia page to denote that 2011 winner John Axford is an active player.

[phnxcrew]

Hader did pitch yesterday so we did need a closer for tonight.

 

Well done, exactly what I was thinking (and only half in blue)

[Fear The Chorizo]

The trade was for $1....nobody can ever say the Brewers are shy about taking on payroll via trade!

 

Love this move given the timing with with other relievers and players dealing with COVID protocols and facing the Pirates - see if Ax-man still has something and potentially pick up a late inning arm in exchange for nothing.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Why didn't Toronto bring him up? They traded for relief pitching at the deadline but never gave him a chance.

 

Probably because they would have needed to make a 40 man roster move to add him and they probably didn't want to risk losing someone already on it or burning an option

[igor67]

We shouldn't underestimate the impact of adding a man with grade 80 facial hair to the roster.

[wildcat2237]

I think Ax should consider a movie career staring as Doc Holiday.

 

 

 

 

But in all seriousness, I thought for sure Axford was out of baseball for 5 years and back selling cell phones in Canada.

[PinaMadness]

He's still playing???

[PinaMadness]

Bring back Chris Narveson!!! And while they're at it, someone ask Dillard if he'd like to come out of retirement.

[Outlander]

Since Axford is basically replacing Hader I wonder if the Brewers can just send Axford down to Nashville and remove him from the 40 man without a DFA a week or two from now.

[tigerbrew]

I was hoping the Brewers get a closer-type reliever at the trade deadline, but never did I expect it to be Axford.

[Axman59]

I'm BACK!!!!

[homer]

I'm BACK!!!!

 

wait.... wut

[DHonks]

Sounds like a lottery ticket who can prove himself, especially during the expanded rosters. Best case is you have a guy with great stuff with closing and postseason experience.

 

Not many closers have the power curveball he used to. I wonder if it's still pretty sharp. The modern philosophy of using 4-seamers at the top of the zone should suit him well.

[greeg35]

Glad I never got around to changing my profile pic!

[wntrtxn21]

This looks like a one-and-done deal for Axford. Fastball at 94-95, straight as a string and a very poor breaking ball. Certainly not bad for a 38 yr. old, but not MLB material.

[dlk9s]

This looks like a one-and-done deal for Axford. Fastball at 94-95, straight as a string and a very poor breaking ball. Certainly not bad for a 38 yr. old, but not MLB material.

 

The problem might be more that he hurt himself.

[KeithStone53151]

That's just a really sad and disappointing result for Axford. A long time coming and to struggle and then get hurt, just a shame. Definitely feel for the guy a bit.