"I immediately thought, 'That would be the best-case scenario, where I would have a GM who already trusts me, and who has experienced the value in what I can bring, and doesn't have to be sold on this,' " Mejdal said. "Then, I thought from Mike's perspective, that a lot of the tools that he put to the Astros’ and previously the Cardinals' advantage, I had created or been involved with that. So, he would know that he was going with someone who could re-create some of those valuable tools."