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About a century ago, an Illinois criminal defense attorney gave a glittery glimpse into his strategy.

“Give 'em the old razzle dazzle. Razzle dazzle 'em …” explained Billy Flynn in “Chicago,” a musical-turned-movie. “How can they see with sequins in their eyes?”

With opportunity to offer a pitcher looking to reestablish health and performance, the Cardinals made their first leap of the winter in free agency on Saturday.

Right-handed starter Dustin May and the Cardinals reached an agreement on a one-year deal, a source confirmed to the Post-Dispatch. Financial terms were not immediately available. The deal is pending a physical. An agreement was first reported by ESPN, and according to the contract will include a mutual option for 2027.

A restructuring of the way FanDuel Sports Network conducts its pregame and postgame shows across most of its system nationally is expected to lead to fewer Cardinals games for Jim Hayes and more for Alexa Datt next season on its Midwest outlet, sources said.��

The trend has been to move those shows out of a studio to the site of the games that are being shown, something the company has been doing with NBA and NHL teams — including the Blues — this season.

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ORLANDO, Fla.��— The thing about making a trade or signing a free agent, Chaim Bloom described before leaving the winter meetings Wednesday afternoon, is that despite all the actions needed to make a deal, it’s always a results-oriented process.

“To some degree, it’s binary,” the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations said. “You have something or you don’t.”

ORLANDO, Fla.��— Here at the MLB Winter Meetings, the schmoozing has ceased. Cardinals executives and those from the other clubs are finally heading home. It was a fascinating few days here in Florida, so here are five thoughts.

1. This sums up the state of the ӣ����Ƶ Cardinals (and the hand Chaim Bloom was dealt). In a sit-down meeting with media, Bloom told us that Brendan Donovan is “both the type of player and the type of person that we want more of in this organization.”

As baseball's annual winter meetings conclude, the Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold and Benjamin Hochman have the action in Florida covered from all angles.

Here's a look at what you missed from Wednesday's coverage:

ORLANDO, Fla. — After three days in a Disney World-adjacent hotel spent exploring trades and considering what they’ll seek in return for familiar, bankable players, Cardinals executive Chaim Bloom was asked about the biggest sales pitch still ahead for the club this winter.

To its fans.