After the slurry of moves around baseball over the past few days, including the Baltimore Orioles trading closer Jim Johnson to the Oakland Athletics, today we get back to our free agent profiles and potential targets for the Birds. With the departure of Johnson, the Orioles now have a void at closer, thus we highlight former Brewers closer John Axford. When it comes to closers, there is a split mindset around baseball where some believe that simply anyone can closer and others...Read...Read Full Story

It’s time again to rag on John Axford. The much-maligned Brewers reliever had gone through a stretch where he was pitching well as a set-up man. Unfortunately, Wednesday’s melt-down and subsequent loss to the Pirates after the Brewers had a 4-2 lead in the seventh inning has put Axford back in the spotlight for his [...]Could John Axford break the MLB record for most losses by a reliever? is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com. View and VoteRead Full Story

Milwaukee Brewers closer John Axford recently received a big pay day from the organization, as he will make $5 million plus incentives for the 2013 MLB season. What exactly does Axford plan to do with his new riches? Read more at http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/01/21/what-milwaukee-brewers-john-axford-plans-to-do-with-new-5-million-contract/?pEwGKsrJgW80WmRc.99 What Milwaukee Brewers’ John Axford Plans to do with new $5 Million Contract [...]What Milwaukee Brewers’ John Axford Plans to do...Read Full Story

He replaced an All-Star and in the end, the Milwaukee Brewers were just fine with rookie Jim Henderson doing the closing in 2013 and the job he did earned him the title of Brewers101.com’s Top Rookie Pitcher for the Crew this season. Henderson, 30, began the year in a setup role for John Axford, took over the closer duties when Axford faltered, lost the job to Francisco Rodriguez when Henderson went on the disabled list with a hamstring strain in late May and then outlasted both veterans...Read Full Story

If your stat line reads four home runs in four games to start the season, that’s good, right? Well, it doesn’t if that stat line is pitcher John Axford’s stats after his first four appearances in the 2013 season. Axford has lost his closer role after surrendering four home runs and losing two games of [...]The long ball haunts John Axford is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com. View and VoteRead Full Story