Pending free-agent left fielder Marcell Ozuna has made it known he’d prefer to re-sign with the Cardinals, but it doesn’t look likely with free agency approaching. The Cardinals are "not going to make an effort" to sign Ozuna to a long-term contract before the market opens in a couple of weeks, Mark Saxon of The Athletic writes (subscription link). They are, however, likely to issue Ozuna a $17.8M qualifying offer, according to Saxon. If the Cardinals do hit Ozuna with a QO and he...
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