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Axford, out of majors since '18, back to Brewers

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Monday, 02 August 2021 10:42

MILWAUKEE -- Reliever John Axford's comeback attempt is taking a detour from Toronto to Milwaukee, where the veteran right-hander started his major league career and had his greatest success.

Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns announced Monday that the team had acquired Axford, 38, from the Blue Jays for cash considerations.

Axford hasn't pitched in the major leagues since 2018 and began this season as a studio analyst on the Blue Jays' television broadcast crew. After pitching for Canada in an Olympic qualifier, Axford signed a minor league contract with the Blue Jays on June 24.

He went 1-0 with an 0.84 ERA in nine relief appearances for the Blue Jays' Triple-A Buffalo affiliate. Axford struck out 14 batters and allowed three walks and two hits in 10⅔ innings. Opposing batters were hitting .061 against him.

Although Major League Baseball's trade deadline was Friday, this move was allowed because Axford is a minor league player who wasn't on anyone's 40-man roster.

Axford pitched for the Brewers from 2009 to 2013 and set a team record by collecting 46 saves in 2011. During that season, Axford had a franchise-record 43 consecutive saves without a blown opportunity.

He collected 106 saves during his five-year stint in Milwaukee and ranks second to Dan Plesac (133) on the franchise's career saves list.

Axford owns a career record of 38-34 with a 3.86 ERA and 144 saves in 543 games with Milwaukee, St. Louis (2013), Cleveland (2014), Pittsburgh (2014), Colorado (2015), Oakland (2016-17), Toronto (2018) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2018).

He will wear No. 59, the number he wore during his previous stint with the Brewers. Bench coach Pat Murphy is switching his jersey number from 59 to 00.

The addition of Axford marks the National League Central-leading Brewers' latest move to boost their bullpen. They acquired left-hander Daniel Norris from the Detroit Tigers and right-hander John Curtiss from the Miami Marlins on Friday.

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