{"id":559114,"date":"2026-02-07T05:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/559114\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T05:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:05:21","slug":"would-you-extend-st-louis-cardinals-manager-oli-marmol-or-fire-him-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/559114\/","title":{"rendered":"Would You Extend St. Louis Cardinals Manager Oli Marmol or Fire Him?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I don\u2019t want to give away my age, but let\u2019s just say that I\u2019ve lived long enough to witness 11 St. Louis Cardinals managers. Of all of them, I can\u2019t remember any that were more polarizing that Oli Marmol. My question for you is would you extend Oli or let him go as your next move?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I will admit that I have been very conflicted about how I feel about the job that Oli Marmol has done during his tenure as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. I thought he did an outstanding job managing the team during the 2022 season when Albert Pujols returned for his final year, but that was also the last time our beloved team has seen the playoffs, too. I have been less thrilled with the past 3 seasons, but that\u2019s more of a roster gripe than a reflection on Oli\u2019s managerial skills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Oliver Marmol 2022-present: 325-323<br \/>Mike Shildt 2018-2021: 252-199<br \/>Mike Matheny 2012-2018: 591-474<br \/>Tony La Russa 1996-2011: 1,408-1,182<br \/>Mike Jorgensen 1995: 42-54<br \/>Joe Torre 1990-95: 351-354<br \/>Red Schoendienst 1965-76, 1980, 1990: 1,041-955<br \/>Whitey Herzog 1980-90: 822-728<br \/>Ken Boyer 1978-80: 166-191<br \/>Jack Krol 1978, 80: 2-2<br \/>Vern Rapp 1977-78: 88-89<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">When you compare Oli Marmol to other St. Louis Cardinals managers of the past several decades, you see that he\u2019s not the only one with a mediocre win-loss record, but his win percentage is lower than both Mike Shildt and Mike Matheny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s a part of our written record that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivaelbirdos.com\/st-louis-cardinals-rumors-news\/65844\/st-louis-cardinals-eye-marmol-extension-but-why\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I balked at the idea<\/a> that the St. Louis Cardinals had already started talking about an extension of Oli Marmol earlier this winter. Now that I\u2019ve had a chance to dwell on it a little more, I\u2019m now not as much against the idea as I was previously. I still don\u2019t believe that Oli Marmol will be the manager who helps return the Cardinals to greatness, but if I\u2019m being honest with myself that isn\u2019t a likely result for the next couple of years anyway. I think I\u2019m now fine with an extension of a couple of years maybe, but that\u2019s all I\u2019m willing to commit. I\u2019m much more interested in what you would do. Would you extend Oli Marmol now and, if so, for how long or would you give him his walking papers? I\u2019m willing to alter my viewpoint if you can make the case for what you believe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t want to give away my age, but let\u2019s just say that I\u2019ve lived long enough to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2403],"tags":[5,160,4,673,67,65076,4311,4310],"class_list":{"0":"post-559114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-cardinals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cardinals","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-st-louis","12":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","13":"tag-st-louis-cardinals-analysis","14":"tag-stlouis","15":"tag-stlouiscardinals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116027609807971329","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}