I think everything will work out. Where is everyone coming up with this idea that TLR is running the show? Mozeliak will not want to be known as a puppet. Luhnow now has more of DeWitt's ear than in the past.

Look for a great relationship between Mo and Luhnow.

I would hope that Mo would want to get out of Walt's shadow and make a big splash. But I would be willing to bet that the big splash will not involve some of Luhnow's prized prospects.

It may work out. I wouldn't argue that it's possible that Mozeliak can work with all the factions in the front office.

But sometimes perception is reality. A big name brought in and given a shot would have, at the very least, brought some new ideas into the organization. Whether Antonetti would have worked out better than Mo, who knows. But the perception would have been that the ownership realized it was time for some change instead of apparently staying with the status quo.

How would Antonetti be a big name?

No way, he is an asst and very little name recognition beyond his circle.

I don't know what you are considering "his circle". Would the casual fan who keeps up during the year know him? No, not at all. But they wouldn't know anyone that did get hired. Heck, half of them probably couldn't have named Jocketty when he was there.

But when you talk about the industry and the reports out of it, right now Antonetti is considered the biggest potential GM out there. The Cardinals had a chance to land the best in the field and they weren't able to.

So, big name not in the general public's sense, but in the sense that he's the best in his field.