Dustin Might is lastly again on the mound, doing what he loves, after a number of critical surgical procedures — together with one on his esophagus — which he says had him fearing he’d by no means be capable to dwell a standard life once more!

The Dodgers’ right-handed flame thrower joined Babcock on the TMZ Sports activities TV present this week (airs nightly on FS1) … and says he could not be happier to be again on the hill.

“Simply having the ability to compete to exit and simply compete is all the time a optimistic in my at this level,” Might informed us. “I have been out for therefore lengthy, so simply having the ability to simply do it to the quantity that I’ve been, I’ve simply been excited to be again with the fellows.”

Dustin says he is nonetheless a piece in progress — he is not precisely the place he needs to be simply but — however the 27-year-old is making regular progress, and he is not taking the chance with no consideration after the ordeal he is been by means of.

Keep in mind, Might suffered a freak accident whereas consuming a salad in 2024 … when he tore his esophagus whereas consuming lunch.

Dustin wasn’t solely fearful about baseball … he was involved he won’t be capable to dwell a standard life once more.

“I used to be truthfully fearful that I wasn’t going to dwell a standard day-to-day life after surgical procedure as a result of it’s such a uncommon factor. It isn’t like a standard process to do, particularly on a teen, and positively not on any individual who has to make use of their physique in a manner knowledgeable athlete does.”