The word that Cardinals general manager Michael Girsch used during a conversation a few days ago to describe the free-agent market was “universe,” and that seems just right this week.
Set loose into the void on Wednesday were nearly five dozen new free agents, and now it’s up to teams like the Cardinals to survey the field and determine if, in the new vastness of available players, there are any stars to be identified, shooting or otherwise.
It doesn’t take the biggest telescope to see options out there.
All we need here is a blog.
Post-Dispatch sports columnist Ben Frederickson likened the Cardinals’ search for more offense to a reality TV show, complete with this week’s plot twist: Unexpected Contenders!