This message can't be repeated enough to the rookie righthander who has emerged as one of baseball's hardest throwers, the newfound weapon Cardinals manager Mike Matheny keeps calling from his bullpen.
"The one problem we have right now is that he (Hicks) has been very successful of late with a bullpen that has struggled, so you naturally want to go to him," Mozeliak said. "We are going to have to force ourselves to manage that, and make sure we don't put him in a situation where his volume or overwork becomes something of a problem."
Mozeliak said he would like to avoid seeing a young reliever approach, say, 75 appearances.