Brett Cecil is compartmentalized in my mind alongside Greg Holland and Juan Agosto and Jeff Brantley (and Todd Burns and Esteban Yan) – generational bullpen embarrassments for the Cardinals.
Confidence is currency. And for all the money John Mozeliak gave Cecil, the confidence Mike Shildt has given Cecil lately has been extremely valuable.
Cecil has been LOOGY-ing lately -- and it's working. There he was in Los Angeles last night (or at that point was it this morning?), coming out of the bullpen to face lefty Cody Bellinger … with a go-ahead runner on third and the game tied in the eighth.