How Joshua Báez fits in Cardinals’ long-term plans

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But once the attention of the rest of the baseball world inevitably turns elsewhere, and Báez’s cleats (or Blaze Jordan’s cleats anyway) rest in their display at the Hall of Fame, he will settle into being an everyday baseball player. And…