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Chaim Bloom has taken over as the president of baseball operations for the St. Louis Cardinals, emphasizing a focus on developing and acquiring top talent to return the team to playoff success, while retaining manager Oli Marmol and addressing past farm system shortcomings.
The St. Louis Cardinals have signed manager Oli Marmol to a two-year contract extension covering the 2025-26 seasons. Marmol, who took over as manager after the dismissal of Mike Shildt, has faced both success and criticism during his tenure. Despite last year's disappointing results and public disagreements with players, the Cardinals have shown confidence in Marmol's ability by extending his contract, providing stability and avoiding speculation about his job security for the upcoming season.
St. Louis Cardinals legends Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina are both expressing interest in managerial roles, with Pujols set to manage the Dominican Winter League’s Escogido Baseball Club and Molina joining the Cardinals as a special assistant. Pujols, known for his baseball IQ, universal respect, mentoring abilities, imposing presence, and media handling, is seen as a potential major-league manager. With Oli Marmol's contract expiring after the season, the pressure is on him in 2024, and the possibility of Pujols or Molina taking over as manager raises questions about the team's succession plan.
Bernie Miklasz suggests that St. Louis Cardinals' manager Oli Marmol should pull struggling Willson Contreras from the fifth spot in the lineup and give him a chance to regroup. Contreras has been batting .201 with a .289 slugging percentage and only 13 RBI in 173 plate appearances in the fifth spot this season. Miklasz believes that moving Contreras down in the lineup will help him regain his confidence and reduce the pressure he's feeling.