Cardinals Supervisor Oliver Marmol Agrees To A 2-year Contract Extension By 2026

St. Louis Cardinals supervisor Oliver Marmol agreed Friday to a two-year contract extension by means of the 2026 season.

The 37-year-old former Cardinals minor leaguer led the staff to an NL Central title in his first season, successful 93 video games in 2022 and turning into the youngest supervisor to succeed in the playoffs since a 31-year-old Lou Boudreau took Cleveland to the World Sequence in 1946. St. Louis went 71-91 final yr and completed final within the division.

“Over the previous two seasons, we’ve got skilled a number of totally different feelings, each up and down,” Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak stated. “And thru all of it, Oli has helped navigate us by means of these difficult occasions.”

Marmol joined the Cardinals group in 2007 as a utilityman and coached within the minors for 5 seasons earlier than becoming a member of the most important league teaching workers in 2017. He was fourth within the voting for NL Supervisor of the 12 months in 2022, when St. Louis gained its first division title since 2019.

His contract had been scheduled to run out after this season.

Oakland right-hander Ángel Felipe will miss the season after Tommy John surgical procedure Friday with Texas Rangers staff doctor Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas. Felipe pitched in 14 video games for the Athletics final season, going 1-1 with a 4.20 ERA.

Proper-hander Jake Odorizzi agreed to a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. Odorizzi, who didn’t pitch final season following shoulder surgical procedure, might earn a rotation spot with Taj Bradley anticipated to overlook the season’s begin due to a strained pectoral muscle.

The 33-year-old Odorizzi spent 5 seasons with the Rays (2013-17), going 40-37 with a 3.82 ERA. He was an All-Star with the Minnesota Twins in 2019, when he gained a career-best 15 video games.

Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen is predicted to overlook the season’s begin after fracturing a bone in his proper wrist when he was hit by a 93 mph fastball.

Toronto supervisor John Schneider stated Friday that Jansen will doubtless miss the March 28 opener at Tampa Bay. Alejandro Kirk figures to step in at catcher till Jansen’s return.

Jansen was hit by a pitch Wednesday from Pittsburgh’s Carmen Mlodzinski within the eighth inning of a spring coaching sport.

The 28-year-old Jansen is coming off an injury-plagued 2023 season the place he hit .228 with 17 homers and 53 RBIs in 86 video games. He was out for almost a month early within the yr with a strained left groin. His season got here to an finish on Sept. 1 after breaking his proper center finger on a foul ball throughout a sport towards Colorado.

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AP sports activities author Fred Goodall and AP freelance author Chris Nelsen contributed to this report.

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