Seated at the head of the table, near the front of the room, and fielding questions about how he intends to get the Cardinals back in the postseason, John Mozeliak listed the team’s traditional selling points to free agents: the 3.4 million tickets sold, the “winning vibe,” the culture with past pennants flying, and eventually he stopped, done with the familiar embroidery.
The president of baseball operations flipped the question on the assembled media.
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The free-agent class that baseball has been waiting on and, in some cases saving for, opened officially Friday as Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, and a deep, rich group of talent became available to all interested teams.