I am mystified about a new report that the St. Louis Cardinals are already talking to manager Oli Marmol about an extension. I cannot come up with a good reason to explain the reason why.

I just came across this article from MLB Trade Rumors that appears to be based off of a Derrick Goold story from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It infers that the St. Louis Cardinals have started what is termed preliminary extension talks. The word “preliminary” is key or at least I hope so. While I’m not among the full-on Oli Marmol haters, I cannot understand the logic behind this.

If you look at Oli Marmol’s performance, he has an overall record of 325 wins and 323 losses during his 4-year tenure as the St. Louis Cardinals manager. That’s practically the definition of mediocre. But, instead of focusing

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