Ross Friedrick is a presence you can’t ignore. At a towering 6’3”, he is a force on the field and in the batter’s box. But there’s another layer there that you can’t ignore, and that’s his natural born leadership. Friedrick spent part of his childhood in St. Louis and it was there he had his first Major League Baseball experience with the Cardinals, the team that would eventually sign him to his first minor league contract. His family became big fans and Friedrick collected jerseys of players he would end up meeting during Spring Training.