JUPITER, Fla. • When Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak stood up for his opening remarks two springs ago in a clubhouse filled with the roster he assembled, the future he’s now counting on sat just a few stools away.
New teammates and soon to be friends, Stephen Piscotty, in his first spring training with the major-league Cardinals, had a seat close to Randal Grichuk, who was in his first spring as a Cardinal. Grichuk wore No. 88, Piscotty No. 91. Their numbers were high, reusable, and, like some of the players who wore them through the years, wholly forgettable.