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Latest On Cardinals’ Managerial Position

By Darragh McDonald | October 24, 2021 at 2:46pm CDT

The Cardinals recently shocked the baseball world by firing manager Mike Shildt, shortly after an incredible season in which a 17-game winning streak catapulted them into the postseason for a third consecutive year. Just a few days prior to that, it seemed like the club would take the opposite path and extend him beyond 2022, the last year of his contract. Instead, with the offseason now just about a week away, their plans for a Shildt-less future are not publicly known.

Ben Frederickson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch took a look at the situation, reporting that Cardinals’ president of baseball operations John Mozeliak has internal candidates like Oliver Marmol and Stubby Clapp at the top of the list. Marmol has been with the organization as a coach for a decade now, as he became the hitting coach for the Gulf Coast League Cardinals in 2011. He then went on to manage the rookie-ball Johnson City Cardinals and the Class A-Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals. He’s been with the big league club since the 2017 season, serving as first base coach and then bench coach. Clapp spent some time coaching in the Astros’ and Blue Jays’ organizations, before joining the Cardinals as the manager for the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds for the 2017 season. He came up to the major league team as first base coach for the 2019 season. The fact that they are already in the Cardinals organization would mean Mozeliak is already familiar with their abilities, making them known quantities. However, the same was true of Shildt, who had been with the Cardinals in various capacities for over a decade before becoming manager after the firing of Mike Matheny in 2018. It’s unclear if Mozeliak wants to take that same path this time around.

Frederickson also throws out a couple of wildcards, reporting that Rick Renteria and Matt Holliday have make it known they are interested in the position. Renteria would bring some managerial experience, having been the bench boss for the 2014 Cubs then the White Sox from 2017 to 2020. Holliday, on the other hand, would bring no such experience at the big leagues, although he is currently listed as a volunteer assistant coach at Oklahoma State University, where his brother Josh is the head coach. Holliday was with the Cardinals as a player from 2009 to 2016. Hiring Holliday would come as a surprise, although it would mirror the hiring of Matheny in some ways. When Matheny was hired in 2011, he was also just a few years removed from his playing days and had no previous big league coaching experience.

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  1. 8791Slegna

    1 year ago

    Why not Pujols?

    Reply
    • timyanksit

      1 year ago

      same reason, why not molina

      Reply
      • baseballguy_128

        1 year ago

        Which One?

        Reply
      • DMC511

        1 year ago

        Didn’t Molina say he’s going through 2022?

        Reply
    • Francys01

      1 year ago

      I read an article a few days ago and Carlos Beltran was mentioned as a possible candidate. Also, Yadi said he would like a Puerto Rican manager. It will definitely be interesting who will manage the Cardinals starting next season. They are many candidates that like that could be the next manager like Yadi, Matt Holliday, Oliver Marmol, Stubby Clapp, Skip Schumaker, Carlos Beltran, Joe Espada and Ron Washington. Aj Hinch and Alex Cora are back as managers, so why not Beltran could get an opportunity to manage a team.

      Reply
      • traveling man

        1 year ago

        Where did Yadi say that?

        Reply
        • Francys01

          1 year ago

          It was in an interview that he gave in Puerto Rico.

        • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

          1 year ago

          Anyone know the last manager to get fired after winning 90 games? Just curious

        • national pastime

          1 year ago

          Joe Girardi

        • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

          1 year ago

          Interesting, thanks

        • loaferboss

          1 year ago

          Johnny Keane was Cardinals manager in 1964, and took them to the World Series. They made a late run, like this year, after management had interviewed and planned to hire Durocher, so Keane quit and joined the Yankees. Very similar Cardinals’ moves

        • loaferboss

          1 year ago

          Cards won 93 games that year.

    • Brewer88

      1 year ago

      Why not Pope Francis?

      Reply
    • em650r

      1 year ago

      Wainwright

      Reply
  2. Cohens_Wallet

    1 year ago

    Why not Jim Edmonds?

    Reply
  3. StartSolerMoveAlbiesDown

    1 year ago

    Why not Sam Holbrook?

    Reply
    • iverbure

      1 year ago

      Same ole braves remember you said that. Lol. Playoffs are a crapshoot like I said.

      Reply
    • brandonb

      1 year ago

      Or Sam Elliott

      Reply
  4. Redsoxx_62

    1 year ago

    Why not Matt Carpenter? He’s a fan favorite after the last few seasons

    Reply
  5. walls17

    1 year ago

    Why not David Freese?

    Reply
    • bahahahaha

      1 year ago

      Why not Chico Esquela or Joe Shablotnik?

      Reply
  6. AaronSapoznik

    1 year ago

    As an extremely rare baseball fan of both Chicago baseball teams, I would love to see Rick Renteria get the opportunity to manage a contending team without having to endure a rebuild first. I am also among the minority in Chicago who feels that Renteria was unfairly let go after setting the table for his predecessors, Joe Maddon in 2015 and Tony La Russa last season.

    There no way of ever proving this short of a window into an alternative timeline, but I fervently believe that Ricky could have at least equalled what Maddon did with the Cubs and what TLR might do with the White Sox going forward.

    Reply
  7. DarkSide830

    1 year ago

    Why not MetsFan22?

    Reply
    • tstats

      1 year ago

      Cause then he would throw games against the Mets

      Reply
    • Francys01

      1 year ago

      DarkSide830- No, we’re good.

      Reply
      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        1 year ago

        Metsfan22 is busy trying to make bail

        Reply
  8. daruba

    1 year ago

    Why not Gary Payton?

    Reply
  9. Nuke LaLoosh

    1 year ago

    Why not ray lankford?

    Reply
  10. NativeAmerican

    1 year ago

    Why not a Native American?

    Reply
    • lady1959

      1 year ago

      How about Asian American ⚾️

      Reply
  11. eephus11

    1 year ago

    Al Hrabosky!

    Reply
    • ahh

      1 year ago

      The Mad Hungarian! And the closer of my youth.
      Would love to see him do his old routine before handing the ball to a reliever he brought into the game.

      Reply
  12. HubcapDiamondStarHalo

    1 year ago

    Why not Deshaun Watson?

    Reply
  13. Brewer88

    1 year ago

    Why not Pope Francis?

    Reply
  14. king joffrey

    1 year ago

    Why not Cardinal Richelieu?

    Reply
  15. kiddhoff

    1 year ago

    Why not Let’s Go Brandon!?

    Reply
  16. just_my_thoughts

    1 year ago

    I’ll do it, if they ask me nicely…

    Reply
  17. redbirds22

    1 year ago

    Why not Brett Hull?

    Reply
  18. c 314

    1 year ago

    Why not John Gruden?

    Reply
    • lady1959

      1 year ago

      Lesco Brandin. Was great league manager. ⚾️

      Reply
  19. bobtillman

    1 year ago

    Wanna give Alec Baldwin a shot?

    I’ll see myself out.

    Reply
    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      1 year ago

      We asked Alec Baldwin about the job, but he drew a blank, no one knew he was loaded

      Reply
  20. geoffb

    1 year ago

    Why not Trump? He hasn’t bankrupted a major sport yet

    Reply
    • Dr. Chim Richalds

      1 year ago

      People that reference politics on this site, are the biggest turds on here.

      Reply
      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        1 year ago

        Does that include Manfred who stole the All Star game from Atlanta? Smh

        Reply
      • DarkSide830

        1 year ago

        we’re all kinda meming here bruh

        Reply
    • cryptonerd

      1 year ago

      Search USFL, Trump, & Generals.
      He’s the guy who pushed for the USFL to go head to head with the NFL.

      Reply
  21. cryptonerd

    1 year ago

    I vote Stubby Clapp for name value.
    Or
    Why not Mark McGuire?

    Reply
  22. makaio6

    1 year ago

    Why ask why? Try bud dry!

    Reply
  23. Binnington50

    1 year ago

    Why not save your time and not even write this article, since contrary to the title, there is NOTHING new here to read about?

    Reply
  24. Daryl Pauley

    1 year ago

    Stop arguing. In the name of world peace, I will sign on. My qualifications are immpeciable.

    Next week I will be accepting applications for coaching positions. Don’t forget to include your application fee and resume. Fee will be only $25,000. this year.

    Reply
  25. Pete LaCock

    1 year ago

    Why not Tony La Russa again?

    Reply
    • mrperkins

      1 year ago

      Or that old grouchy manager from The Bad News Bears who was frequently drunk? Wait, you already said LaRussa.

      Reply
  26. Lloyd Emerson

    1 year ago

    Why not meeeeeeee

    Reply
  27. Tdat1979

    1 year ago

    Why not Mike Schildt? Or better yet, build a time machine and get Connie Mack.

    Reply
  28. bobtillman

    1 year ago

    Mark DeRosa….gets him off the network….

    Reply
  29. Noel1982

    1 year ago

    Why not John c Reilly he once managed a team to a rotisserie league championship

    Reply
  30. timyanksit

    1 year ago

    why not mozeliak?

    oh wait, he does that already

    Reply
  31. dans

    1 year ago

    just announced. 10 AM press conference tomorrow. My guess….Oliver Marmol will be named new manager

    Reply
  32. kboroczk

    1 year ago

    Why not Mike Shildt? If I had to guess, the not on the same page issue was probably Shildt baffled about how Moz has traded away or let go of players that seem to figure it out in their new uniforms. I’m a frustrated Cardinals fan that is tired of Moz’s “leadership”. He needs to go.

    Reply
    • Pete LaCock

      1 year ago

      Please name me the players of which of you speak. I’m almost certain ANY team in baseball would happily have Mozeliak run there team.

      Reply
      • gbs42

        1 year ago

        Randy Arozarena is probably the best example.

        Reply
  33. timyanksit

    1 year ago

    if they had hired pete lacock to coach last year, they could have had lacock, clapp and shildt

    Reply
  34. mazbilleroski

    1 year ago

    Why not Manny Sanguillen?

    Reply
  35. Cha Cha Cha

    1 year ago

    Hey New York Mets,please take Mozeliak off our hands

    Reply
  36. dasit

    1 year ago

    please god let them hire stubby clap so i can have an excuse to say the words “stubby clap” at parties

    Reply

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