New Cardinals righthanded reliever Dominic Leone has had success at two previous stops in his career, Seattle and Toronto.
“The one place he didn’t pitch very well was Arizona,” said John Mozeliak, the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations after acquiring him from Toronto Friday in a trade involving outfielder Randal Grichuk. “I thought he had pitched well prior (to Arizona) and after that," Mozeliak said.
Former Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who was head of the Arizona front office in 2015-16 when Leone pitched there, said, “He had a big year in Seattle (in 2014). But he pitched a lot.