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Cardinals Adding Jon Jay To Coaching Staff

By Anthony Franco | October 21, 2024 at 9:19pm CDT

The Cardinals are hiring Jon Jay for a yet to be announced coaching role, as first reported by Katie Woo of the Athletic. Woo also reports that assistant coach Willie McGee has stepped down from the staff and will move into an advisory role with the front office.

Jay returns to the organization with which he spent the majority of his playing career. The former outfielder spent six seasons with the Cards, appearing in 757 games between 2010-15. Jay hit .287/.354/.384 over that stretch and was a key contributor on the 2011 World Series team. He moved into journeyman fashion after leaving St. Louis, playing for six teams before retiring in 2022.

A Miami native and University of Miami product, Jay started his coaching career with the Marlins during the 2022-23 offseason. He joined former teammate Skip Schumaker’s staff with his hometown team. Jay served as Miami’s first base coach for two seasons but was let go after Schumaker left the organization last month. Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase tweeted that the Marlins had interest in keeping Jay around, but the 39-year-old evidently preferred to look elsewhere rather than wait out Miami’s latest managerial hiring process.

Jay won’t work as a base coach in St. Louis. Woo reports that first base coach Stubby Clapp and third base coach Pop Warner will return to Oli Marmol’s staff. Bench coach Daniel Descalso, pitching coach Dusty Blake and assistant hitting coach Brandon Allen are also expected back, she writes. St. Louis moved on from hitting coach Turner Ward a couple weeks ago. That position is still unfilled, although it’s not clear if that’s the role which Jay will assume.

McGee, 65, has held the nebulous title of assistant coach on the St. Louis staff. The 1985 NL MVP has worked as a coach since the start of the 2018 season. He previously worked as a special assistant in the front office and has spent time coaching both MLB and minor league outfielders on defense. McGee is a member of the organization’s Hall of Fame.

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  1. DonOsbourne

    10 months ago

    Welcome back Jon Jay! It took way too long. Thank you for everything Willie McGee! I hope you enjoy your new role and I’m sorry your last two seasons in the dugout were 23-24. You deserve better. Maybe Jon Mabry will find his way home too.

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    • BaseballBrian

      10 months ago

      That was a Buddy Holly song..,..Maybe Mabry

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    • Acoss1331

      10 months ago

      Maybe Skip comes back to the Cardinals in some capacity?

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      • DonOsbourne

        10 months ago

        I would love to have Skip back, but I assume that if he isn’t going to manage somewhere, he will take a job with a team trying to win.

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    • cooperhill

      10 months ago

      Mabry? LMAO!

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  2. BaseballBrian

    10 months ago

    Never trust a coach with 2 first names.

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    • DonOsbourne

      10 months ago

      Pretty sure that was a quote from Teenwolf.

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      • JimtheEsquire

        10 months ago

        There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese.

        – Coach Bobby Finstock

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    • Blackpink in the area

      10 months ago

      I don’t trust dudes with 2 last names.

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      • paddyo furnichuh

        10 months ago

        Don’t trust people who use always or never often, as they’re usually BS spewers.

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    • letsholdemandgohome

      10 months ago

      You mean like Stubby Clapp?

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      • paddyo furnichuh

        10 months ago

        That’s not a real name, just an adjective and a verb

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  3. vincent k. mcmahon

    10 months ago

    Mo’s last hoorah getting more of the band back together. At this rate why not add more of the 2011/2013 World Series teams to the coaching staff.

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    • DonOsbourne

      10 months ago

      You mean as opposed to Oli Marmol, Turner Ward, and Dusty Blake? Ya, bring’em all back.

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    • CardsFan57

      10 months ago

      Holliday, Pujols, and Molina would be very nice additions.

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      • DonOsbourne

        10 months ago

        Chris Carpenter would be an awesome pitching coach IMO.

        But I’d take them all. Freese, Pete Kozma, Allen Craig, Raffy Furcal, etc, etc,etc.

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        • Samuel

          10 months ago

          DonOsbourne;

          Obviously 2025 will be a transition year for he Cardinals. Lots of Baseball Ops employees will gradually be moved out (the ones that are still there on opening day are not marketable).

          Always liked Chaim Bloom. He got screwed in Boston same as Francona and others. Will be a nice storyline to follow. Maybe not pure Branch Rickey, but it’ll start with D up the middle, pitching, Baseball IQ, and .a dash of speed.

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        • DonOsbourne

          10 months ago

          @Samuel

          I agree about Bloom. I think it’s very hard to separate his moves from the moves Boston ownership instructed him to make. I would like to believe he will have free reign in St Louis once Mo has stepped aside. I just hope that Bill DeWitt III is the same kind of hands off owner Bill DeWitt II was. I have a bad feeling about BDW3. I think he’s a stereotypical rich kid with lots of power and no qualifications. .

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        • lfcredsox

          10 months ago

          how do you know what moves were his v the owners telling him?, his teams were not good enough either way

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      • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

        10 months ago

        You forgot waino!

        While you all are at it get the 2000s teams too! Jd drew, Chris carpenter, mark mcgwire(???)

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  4. DitchPig

    10 months ago

    The cardinals will now trade Jordan Walker to appease the fan base

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    • chemfinancing

      10 months ago

      No they won’t

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      • DitchPig

        10 months ago

        Yeah they will

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        • asdfgh

          10 months ago

          No they won’t…youth development

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    • paulk-2

      10 months ago

      If they wanted to appease the fanbase, they would bring back Matt Holliday, Chris Carpenter, Matt Morris and David Freese as active players so Cardinal fans can have their yearly dose of old declined nostalgia.

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    • eatonculo

      10 months ago

      Appease what fanbase? Cardinals fans aren’t upset with Jordan Walker.

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    • moneedstogo

      10 months ago

      They won’t trade Jordan Walker. They want to dump salary and why trade someone with his hitting skill set when his value is low.

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  5. Dumpster Divin Theo

    10 months ago

    Here comes Manny!

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  6. Rsox

    10 months ago

    I’m not sure which looked stranger; Willie McGee in an Oakland A’s uniform (1990) or Willie McGee in a Boston Red Sox uniform (1995)…

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    • Champs64

      10 months ago

      That was so true. I saw him at Fenway and it was just so not right.

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  7. Mike56

    10 months ago

    I agree with DonOsbourne. Said it for years . Bring back Chris Carpenter as pitching coach. Think he would be really good.

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    • moneedstogo

      10 months ago

      Mike56 – Not everyone wants to coach. I think Chris Carpenter is fine with his life and doesn’t need the social media heat a pitching coach gets.

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  8. chemfinancing

    10 months ago

    Great hire….. NOT!!

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    • chemfinancing

      10 months ago

      They should rehire that doofus Schumaker

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      • chemfinancing

        10 months ago

        MIKE SCHILDT IS THE BEST MANAGER IN THE MLB IT IS A BLESSING MOZ IS OUT AFTER NEXT SEASON

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        • belkiolle

          10 months ago

          You misspelled Brian Snitker or Craig Counsell.

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      • paulk-2

        10 months ago

        No.

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        • chemfinancing

          10 months ago

          Yes paulk

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  9. GB2

    10 months ago

    This guy had a swing like Al Czervik

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  10. Non Roster Invitee

    10 months ago

    John Jay America’s first chief justice, now a lowly Cardinals coach.How the mighty have fallen.

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    • TheOtherMikeD

      10 months ago

      Give the guy a break. He’s 280 years old.

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  11. anotherdamncardinalfan

    10 months ago

    Smart hire. He isn’t the world’s most gifted athlete.He learned the trade and maximized his ability.

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  12. paulk-2

    10 months ago

    Is Jon Jay the best option at this coching position or is this just another Legacy hiring to give Cardinal Nation the warm and fuzzys again?

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    • belkiolle

      10 months ago

      Outfield coach? He’s certainly qualified.

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  13. UKPhil

    10 months ago

    I was hoping he would be a contender for the vacant Marlins Manager position. Jon Jay was very popular with the Marlins players. I hope he gets closer to his ambition of being a Major League manager with the Cards.

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  14. mohoney

    10 months ago

    Rick Renteria’s cleanup hitter…

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