Oliver “Oli” Marmol is the new Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
That’s not something I would have expected as recently as three weeks ago. Team President John Mozeliak admitted that he flew home from the Wild Card loss to the Dodgers not planning to have to hire a new manager. Something happened in the days that followed, and it’s becoming increasingly likely that we’ll never what that something was.
Monday’s press conference to introduce Marmol did not shed much new light on the situation as the team voices largely echoed the “philosophical differences” line and focused on moving forward.