When Brett Cecil arrived at the St. Louis Cardinals training facility in Jupiter, Florida, he must have wondered if he had walked into the wrong clubhouse. Gone were familiar faces such as Kevin Sieqrist, Jonathan Broxton, Zack Duke, Trevor Rosenthal, and Sueng-hwan Oh( also Eugene). In their place were faces such as Luke Gregerson, Dominic Leone, Bud Norris, and Conner Greene.
With the new faces, also came a fresh off-season approach from Brett Cecil. To combat his traditional slow start of each season, Cecil began throwing a few weeks earlier in his winter workout.