Upon news of his demotion to middle relief on Tuesday, John Axford was unceremoniously dropped by Fantasy owners, with his ownership percentage shrinking from 93 percent to 76 percent (and this is before Tuesday night FAAB and waivers run). I may be very alone in this, but I'm sniping Axford up in most leagues where he's been shed.
Manager Ron Roenicke said the plan is to let Axford get back in a groove and then return him to the closer's role. This isn't to say Jim Henderson isn't worth a pickup -- saves are saves, and he will get a handful while Axford works his way back -- but with all the closer uncertainty out there, it makes sense for deeper league owners to hold on to Axford, as there's even historical precedence (it happened last year) to Axford being briefly replaced by Henderson before the reins were turned back over to Axford.
Additionally, Henderson was just a gust of wind from giving up a grand slam to Starlin Castro in Monday's game. Castro battled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the bases loaded before flying out to the warning track in deep right. If the wind wasn't blowing in so hard, it would have been a home run and views on Axford and Henderson would be very different today.
If you can afford to hold on to Axford, I would do it. He could be closing games for the Brewers by the end of the month.