LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. • When the Miami Marlins had their new owners, signed, sealed, and approved, Cardinals executive John Mozeliak was early in line with a phone call.
He had interest in all three of the Miami Marlins' outfielders.
Name one and the Cardinals wanted to talk trade.
As those conversations focused on Giancarlo Stanton, but always kept Marcell Ozuna and Christian Yelich on simmer, the Cardinals got a strong sense of the prospects it would take for the two teams to complete a deal that would change the Cardinals' lineup. On Thursday, they did.