Axford to St Louis

Seeing the Axman as a Dirty Bird is going to be combination of painful, disturbing, heartbreaking and gross...

He'll be awsum now

Undoubtedly.

 

I can't imagine the return will be that great, but because it was in the division, I hope Doug stuck it to them a little bit.  

Do you really think anyone in the Brewers front office can out think the Cardinals brain trust? That's like thinking anyone in the Vikings front office can outsmart Ted Thompson.

This is going to leave a mark.

Axford probably won't blow another game ever now 

 

Hopefully they got something of value in return but I am not holding my breath 

 

RHP Michael Blazek is indeed player to be named for #Brewers in John Axford trade.

— Tom (@Haudricourt) September 1, 2013

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The right-handed Blazek threw 10.1 innings for the Cardinals this season in his first taste of the big leagues, posting a miserable 6.97 ERA. However, he was much better in 45 2/3 minor league innings, compiling a 1.97 ERA across stops at Double-A and Triple-A. If Blazek is claimed by either the Marlins or the Cubs - the only two NL clubs with worse records than the Brewers - the Cardinals would likely pull Blazek back and complete the trade at the end of the season, Haudricourt says.

 

From MLBTR

 

 

http://brewersbeat.mlblogs.com...mplete-axford-trade/

 

We had good reports and [pro scout] Leon Wurth recently saw him and liked his arm,” Melvin said. “He’ll be here tomorrow and we’ll see if we can get him in some games in September.”

 

Blazek’s fastball averaged 92-95 in his outings with the Cardinals, according to the website FanGraphs.com.

 

Well, he has a live arm at least.  Considering Ax was probably gone at the end of the year, this was a decent move (not decent being holding on to Ax and paying his salary the rest of the year).

 

Ax was  a good guy though, and he liked Milwaukee.  I wish him luck (next year, unless he signs within the division).

The curse of Ax 

 

pen blows two in a row 

via MLBTR

 

The Cardinals will see if they can help new arrival John  Axford improve. If he doesn't, the Cards could non-tender him during the offseason, but if he does, he could be a "tremendous weapon" the St. Louis bullpen in 2014.

 

So, the Cards will try to help a new pitcher pitch better.  If he sucks, they non tender him, if he is awsum, he will be a "tremendous weapon. "

 

Well no **** Sherlock.

Yeah, my sources are saying he's either going to pitch for the Cardinals next season, or someone else.

More curse of Ax

 

Bullpen now blows 4th game in a row!  Hooray!

non tendered today, same with Gamel and the Cubs