Marmol is NOT the only problem within the Cardinals organization there are plenty of other things that need to be addressed. He is a BIG part of the problem, and he needs to go, he’s had enough time to show he’s got what it takes to lead and he’s crashed and burned on repeat. We need changes and him being let go is change 1 of many. As a long time fan(my whole life) I will NEVER place all the blame on one person, because a top caliber MLB team has a TON of moving parts to it and to look at.
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Well, the person that wrote that is just a moron. That’s not calling out a young player. Walker needed sent down, an explanation was required AND Walker was sent down and “fixed” last year, after which he said “I didn’t really change anything”. That’s bad attitude from the player. The lack of accountability for the players is amazing. He’s 21, should be in college or the minors and needs to grow up a little and realize that maybe his coaches do know how to teach his big ass to hit, cause a 6’6” ground ball machine is fucking useless. He has to choose to follow instruction and not go to bad habits on his own.
If you keep rewarding failure eventually that’s all you’ll get. So it’s hardly surprising things have gotten to where they are now.
No point in reading this seeing that it’s written by fansided. You can tell by the tagline it’s just overly dramatic clickbait which holds true to their business model.
It’s not serious journalism here people.
Dudes are still mad a 21 year old kid needs more time to develop. Should the orioles fire their coach because Jackson Holliday is 3 for 38 or whatever?
Walker was hitting .155
No explanation needed.
This is an entire article based around bashing Marmol for this quote:
> “It’s just about what he’s swinging at, compared to how he’s getting pitched and what the league is trying to do to him,” Marmol continued. “He has to be able to combat that. [Getting demoted] is not something you want and not something anybody wants for him, but the situation does call for it. Getting at bats for [Iván] Herrera and [Willson] Contreras at the DH and [Alec] Burleson…”
FanSided gonna FanSided