{"id":836807,"date":"2026-10-24T13:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/836807\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:57:15","slug":"could-2027-be-a-prove-it-year-for-cardinals-manager-oli-marmol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/836807\/","title":{"rendered":"Could 2027 be a prove-it year for Cardinals manager Oli Marmol?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The St. Louis Cardinals just had a season better than most expected. They won 77 games, produced countless memories for fans, and look a year ahead of schedule. Still, the question remains: Is Oliver Marmol the right manager for this team?\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Marmol\u2019s career, he has a 402-408 record. It\u2019s been five years of losing in the Lou, and it\u2019s hard not to rhyme it with \u201cOli.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then again, Cardinal fans may have succumbed to some recency bias, as both Joe Torre and Ken Boyer finished with losing records as the Cardinal skipper. Were they great at the helm? No, but they weren\u2019t awful either.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, the Redbirds are approaching unfamiliar terrain. If the team misses the playoffs again in 2027, it\u2019ll be five straight seasons without playoff baseball.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oli Marmol is under pressure to see Cardinals improve in 2027<\/p>\n

St. Louis was designed<\/a> for October baseball, and at some point, talent becomes moot, and you have to shake things up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For example, the New York Yankees have been stuck between World Series rings and the Wild Card round since they last won in 2009.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Due to their lack of postseason success, fans have called for the firing of long-time manager and former player Aaron Boone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Boone has a 790-675 record as the Yankees’ manager, much better than Marmol\u2019s mark. Even so, he\u2019s under New York heat like a busy bodega line in July.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bronx is notoriously bad at losing\u2013a respectable standard, but sometimes it goes too far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, Cardinals fans may learn something from these Yanks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Yankees just announced that Boone will come back on a one-year deal. He\u2019s managing for his job, and everyone knows it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Should Marmol fall in the same bucket?\u00a0<\/p>\n

St. Louis may have its manager in a position where he\u2019ll prove his worth. The 2027 club is lining up like a precursor to the shots at perennial contention taken in 2028\/2029.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If Marmol can\u2019t keep his squad moving forward<\/a>, and the Redbirds take two steps back, it might be time to swap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To the dismay of many Cardinal fans, ex-POBO John Mozeliak is hunting a new manager for the Angels, and Albert Pujols\u2019 name has been swirling in rumors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If number five went to LA again rather than St. Louis, it\u2019d be almost a poetic tragedy. Then again, the Cardinals are still a ways off from competing, and going in for your World Series manager now might be jumping the gun.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marmol has managed mediocre talent during his tenure, but still needs to be held to a standard. If the Cardinals don\u2019t get a vibe that he\u2019s moving the needle, it\u2019d be best to reset early before competition sneaks up on the baby birds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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