Cardinals: 3 reasons Yadier Molina would make a better than Oli Marmol

Why Yadier Molina would be a better manager than Oli Marmol: He knows the Cardinal Way

Marmol relies a lot on the spreadsheets printed up for him by the analytics department. Whatever the situation, numbers on the spreadsheet correspond with a decision Mozeliak wants them to make.

Marmol seems to rely more on the numbers than the human aspect of the game. Molina has played baseball long enough to realize there is a natural human element to the game that no spreadsheet can calculate a result on.

It’s essential to have a person making decisions that do indeed realize that human beings are the ones playing the game. It’s a game that has to be played. Statistics aren’t always exact predictors or explainers of what happens. Sadly, despite their current circumstance, Mozeliak and the analytics staff are still pressing the spreadsheets.

Molina seems content with his current situation, but it is fun to consider how much different the Cardinals would be under his leadership.