Derrick Goold notes the Cardinals completed their front office Wednesday by hiring Gary LaRocque.

More than just new people, there are new roles and new responsibilities.

Mozeliak has asked his professional scouting staff to come up with new thinking on how they scout, and the club's analytical department is being charged with developing new concepts for evaluation. There's also been expansion into new territories for the Cardinals. The club this offseason hired Rob Fidler, who speaks Japanese, to work with special assistant Matt Slater to "ramp up our (activity) in the Asian leagues," Mozeliak said.

The analytical department could start with, "Stop signing over the hill veterans!" However, this does sound like the Cardinals are trying to move in the right direction.