The Cardinals have agreed to a contract extension with supervisor Oli Marmol, MLB.com’s John Denton experiences. He’d beforehand been slated to enter the ultimate season of his present contract. The crew has introduced that Marmol has signed a two-year extension masking the 2025-26 seasons.
Nonetheless simply 37 years outdated, Marmols has managed to a 164-160 report since taking the reins following the crew’s stunning dismissal of former skipper Mike Shildt. That features a 93-69, division-winning efficiency in his debut managerial marketing campaign, in addition to a 71-91, last-place end in 2023.
Marmol has spent his whole baseball profession within the Cardinals group. The Playing cards chosen him with a sixth-round decide again in 2007, however Marmol’s minor league profession lasted solely 4 seasons earlier than he moved into a training function inside the system. He rose by the minor league ranks, teaching and managing at a number of stops, earlier than being added to the Cardinals’ large league teaching employees as their first base coach for the 2017 marketing campaign. Marmol held that job for 2 seasons earlier than turning into Shildt’s bench coach for the following three years.
Marmol has, at instances, drawn criticism for his dealing with of gamers. He and since-traded outfielder Tyler O’Neill clashed early final season when Marmol publicly known as out O’Neill for not hustling dwelling from third base. O’Neill took exception each to the substance of the remark in addition to the general public nature of the quip, suggesting that any dialog on the matter “may have been had in-house” and that the scenario “ought to have been dealt with a little bit otherwise for my part.” Marmol additionally publicly acknowledged early within the season that Willson Contreras can be faraway from the beginning catcher’s function — a call that was reversed only a week later. O’Neill stated in an look on Foul Territory earlier this yr that he and Marmol grew to respect each other “at an arm’s size” and that his time with the membership ended “on good phrases” (video hyperlink).
Cardinals brass clearly doesn’t view final yr’s disappointing outcomes or the general public spat with O’Neill as a mirrored image of Marmol’s potential (or lack thereof) to steer the crew in the long run. He’ll now be locked up by the 2026 marketing campaign, not solely providing the crew some stability however avoiding the lame-duck standing that will have him routinely fielding questions and hypothesis about his job safety all through the upcoming season.
