John Axford, the Milwaukee Brewers rescue leader in a season, is of He returned to MLB at age 38. The Milwaukee club acquired Axford from the Blue Jays on Monday in exchange for cash. The Brewers added the right-hander to the big team roster heading into the first Series game against the Pirates at American Family Field.
The trade deadline was Friday, but teams can still trade players under Minor League contracts, as was the case with Axford.
The Toronto team awarded the right-hander a minor league deal on June 24, and he had a 0.84 ERA with two saves in nine appearances by Triple-A Buffalo. He also controlled his opponents to a .061 average in 10.2 innings.
Overall, Axford has a 3.87 ERA and 144 saves in 543 games for the Brewers, Cardinals, Indians, Pirates, Rockies, Athletics, Blue Jays and Dodgers.
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Gabriel Delgado
I started as a rookie on Al Bat in early 2018 and I am going into my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I am a fan of the San Francisco Giants, a number one defender of Barry Bonds and a critic of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to be taken away from the World Series for cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy soccer, football, basketball, and just about any other game that includes a ball or a ball. I am also an amateur musician, penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the shrimp capital of the world, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived in Australia for a while; i survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.
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