# Questions and Answers from John Mozeliak

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/questions-and-answers-from-john-mozeliak/
- Published: 2014-11-21T20:01:50-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

The [United Cardinal Bloggers](http://www.unitedcardinalbloggers.com/) recently 
had a chance to ask [Cardinal](https://www.nyrdcast.com/tag/st-louis-cardinals/)
GM John Mozeliak questions regarding the team, the off-season, and some general 
baseball questions. Mozeliak, as always with the group, was pretty candid and shed
some light on the front office workings.

Eugene Tierney: Theo Epstein seemed unhappy about the Cardinals gaining a competitive
balance pick; what are your thoughts on the system? Should a smaller market team
be penalized for being well run?

**JM: Of course not. I do think there are some frustrations in our current CBA [
collective bargaining agreement], but I will say we are a mid-to-small market club
and we do maximize our revenues to allow us to be more competitive on major league
payroll. Having said that, you are limited to what you can do in the draft and international
signing pools, so any help you can get in that regard is a benefit to our club.**

What is the plan with Jaime Garcia?

**Our expectations are TBD. He’s currently rehabbing from thoracic outlet surgery
and right now we are encouraged on how that’s going. But until we see him on the
mound and see him in spring training, we won’t know exactly what we have until he’s
cleared to throw.**

Will the team wear a patch to memorialize Oscar Taveras in 2015?

**We have not determined how we are going to honor Oscar, but hopefully by the time
we get to Winter Warm Up we will be able to unroll our plans.**

Do you play fantasy football? If so, what is your team name and will you be making
the playoffs?

**I do not. Some people think I play fantasy baseball…but in all honesty, my focus
is strictly on Major League Baseball.**

Thanks to John for taking time to answer questions for the non-traditional media.
The full transcripts for all the questions will be available next week.

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