MLB Rumors: Oli Marmol final straw, Vogelbach taunted, Chaim Bloom regret

MLB Rumors: Will the Cardinals finally fire Oli Marmol?

A little over a month ago, the Cardinals front office and manager Oli Marmol met with catcher Willson Contreras, hoping to give him a break from the position so he could focus on improving at the plate, an area he typically excels at. At the time of that decision, Contreras’ slash line was respectable for his position, but since then has fallen off a cliff.

FanSided’s Zach Pressnell summarized Contreras’ struggles of late:

"“Through 62 games, Contreras has slashed .201/.293/.352, while currently having a career low in OPS+. His entire slash line is a career low, down significantly from his previous worst seasons. He doesn’t appear close to breaking out of this slump either. In fact, he has been much worse recently than he’s ever been in his entire career. Contreras is currently riding a 5-for-59 slide at the plate and has shown no signs of bursting out of it.”"

Everything that can go wrong for the 2023 St. Louis Cardinals, has gone wrong for the 2023 St. Louis Cardinals. This includes moving their prized free-agent acquisition, a catcher, off of his natural position, though I could have told Marmol that was a bad idea and I am not paid to manage a baseball team.