Sun 12/18/11 8:40 AM

Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that the Cardinals have expressed interest in free agent outfielders Coco Crisp and Cody Ross. They would seemingly be backup plans in the event the Cards weren't able to land Carlos Beltran, who seems to be their Plan A. Crisp and Ross would fill in in right field until Allen Craig (knee surgery) is ready, and at that point they would offer the club an option to platoon in center field with Jon Jay.