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 reside a traditional 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 at all times a constructive in my at this level,” Might advised 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 isn’t precisely the place he desires to be simply but — however the 27-year-old is making regular progress, and he is not taking the chance as a right after the ordeal he is been by way 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 frightened about baseball … he was involved he may not be capable to reside a traditional life once more.

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