John Axford
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2,731 appearances
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first heard Aug 2025
last heard 21 Sep
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Last time I threw with intent to hitters, I was 39, and I think I was like, I think that's good.
I'm good here.
Yeah, you were very recently, yeah.
I was throwing bullpens this March, and even after that, it was, it's,
So the age is, I mean, the competitive nature is still in me.
That's the thing.
I still wanted to do it and prove that I could do it and prove that I could throw hard and still train and prepare.
But it's so much different than when you're in your 30s, even in your 20s, throwing and what that recovery looks like and what even that preparation looks like.
The recovery is so much longer.
The preparation to be like just to throw off the mound is so much more.
And then what is it going to feel like over the next few days?
So I imagine obviously a Max Scherzer turning 42 and throwing 75 pitches.
his recovery for the next few days is going to be different than when he used to throw in his 20s and throw 115 pitches.
Despite the vast difference of pitch count there, his recovery is going to be a lot more, and he's going to need a lot more.
He's continued to play.
I think that's the other thing, too.
He's played this entire way through, so he's adjusted as time has gone.
He's adjusted as he's felt comfortable.
right or not right on the mound so i think the team's going to be they're going to be on on whatever he needs to make sure he can make that next start if he wants to start on sunday and things are feeling good he's going to make that start on sunday so i mean watching him knowing that it was his 42nd birthday and knowing that i just threw a bullpen at 42 about to be 43 this march and after the bullpen i was like i'm good now that was it it's it's pretty amazing to watch
someone compete like that and do what he did and still have, like I talked about before, the shape of the pitches that he was throwing and be out there against, you know, that kind of offense and do what he did.
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