The Marcell Ozuna market is heating up.

Five teams are heavily involved in the chase for the outfielder, according to Jon Morosi of MLB Network. The Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, and incumbent St. Louis Cardinals are all reportedly contenders for the 29-year-old's services.

Morosi also speculated Ozuna is pursuing a contract in the five-year range.

At the beginning of the offseason, Ozuna rejected the one-year, $17.8-million qualifying offer tendered to him by the Cardinals to officially become a free agent. Rejecting that deal attaches the two-time All-Star to draft-pick compensation should he sign elsewhere, which could give St. Louis the upper hand in negotiations.

Ozuna posted a .243/.330/.474 slash line with 29 home runs and 12 stolen bases over 130 games with the Cardinals last year.

Cincinnati was reportedly interested in Yasmani Grandal before the catcher signed a four-year, $73-million deal with the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. Missing out on Grandal could lead the Cardinals to ramp up their pursuit of other players, including Ozuna. Cincinnati had the 23rd-ranked outfield in baseball last year, according to FanGraphs WAR.

The Diamondbacks, meanwhile, are coming off a second-place, 85-win season in the NL West. They could be looking to transition back toward contention after trading away Paul Goldschmidt before the season and Zack Greinke at the trade deadline.

Despite a first-place finish in the NL East and the presence of one of baseball's best young outfielders in Ronald Acuna Jr., the Braves owned the 16th-ranked outfield by FanGraphs WAR in 2019.

Texas - the lone American League squad on the list of reported suitors - would be able to play Ozuna regularly at designated hitter. Ozuna won a Gold Glove during his final season with the Miami Marlins in 2017, but he's now considered a liability defensively by some metrics. He was worth zero runs last year, according to FanGraphs' Def, though defensive runs saved had Ozuna saving the Cardinals two runs and UZR credited him with 8.6 runs saved.