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The St. Louis Cardinals are coming off a highly disappointing season in which they won just 71 games.
It was Oli Marmol’s second season as manager.
Since he is a member of the Cardinals since being drafted in 2007, the team is apparently giving him a longer look as their skipper.
Still, the Cards are also interested in bringing in a franchise legend to join the coaching staff: Yadier Molina.
Molina wants to be an MLB manager, but he understands he might not get a chance to do that immediately.
With that being the case, there appears to be mutual interest in joining the organization as a coach.
“Both the Cardinals and Yadier Molina have expressed interest in having Yadi join the team’s coaching staff in an everyday position, per @katiejwoo,” Talkin’ Baseball tweeted.
It would be an excellent addition to a team that has a lot of room to improve considering its 2023 performance.
Fans, of course, showed their happiness to see Molina, a true legend on the field and a Cardinal for life as a player, linked with the team.
The Cardinals getting their manager back let’s goooooooooo
— Adam (@Korsakov97) October 17, 2023
4 championships at minimum
— JewishGoose (@TheJewishGoose) October 17, 2023
Molina played baseball at the highest level from 2004 to 2022.
He knows how to handle pitchers, he knows what it takes to win – the Cardinals won two World Series with him behind the plate – and he has the experience to deal with any situation on and off the field.
— Tweeto (@triveratops) October 17, 2023
Cardinals fans are ready for one of their idols from the 2000s and 2010s to start his career as a coach and perhaps manager later down the road.
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