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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1765098" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-with-other-options-club-follows-performance-to-cut-roster-and-send-message-marmol/article_9f6bd31c-b1f0-5fa7-b618-3e7d234a1bd8.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>With a one-word answer Monday morning, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol captured what he believes is a big, necessary message sent to the clubhouse.</p><p>Required to reduce the active roster by two players, to 26 on Monday, the Cardinals had the option of least resistance and could have returned two eligible players to the minors without fuss and maintained control of all players on the 40-man roster. They instead risked losing reliever Aaron Brooks on waivers in order to keep young pitchers like Andre Pallante, Kodi Whitley and Jake Woodford in the bullpen.</p><p>Asked why, Marmol was blunt.</p><p>“Performance,” he said.</p><p></p><p>Precedence he set.</p><p>“At some point I understand the options and that was a big part of going back and forth,” Marmol said. “But what message are you sending to that clubhouse and to the guys who are competing if performance isn’t going to outweigh just having options?”</p><p>Because of the late start of spring training, the players’ union and Major League Baseball agreed to play the first month of games with an expanded, 28-man roster. By Monday’s games, that roster had to be reduced to the standard 26. Teams are permitted to carry 14 pitchers for a few more weeks before the rule setting a maximum of 13 begins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1765098, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-with-other-options-club-follows-performance-to-cut-roster-and-send-message-marmol/article_9f6bd31c-b1f0-5fa7-b618-3e7d234a1bd8.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] With a one-word answer Monday morning, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol captured what he believes is a big, necessary message sent to the clubhouse. Required to reduce the active roster by two players, to 26 on Monday, the Cardinals had the option of least resistance and could have returned two eligible players to the minors without fuss and maintained control of all players on the 40-man roster. They instead risked losing reliever Aaron Brooks on waivers in order to keep young pitchers like Andre Pallante, Kodi Whitley and Jake Woodford in the bullpen. Asked why, Marmol was blunt. “Performance,” he said. Precedence he set. “At some point I understand the options and that was a big part of going back and forth,” Marmol said. “But what message are you sending to that clubhouse and to the guys who are competing if performance isn’t going to outweigh just having options?” Because of the late start of spring training, the players’ union and Major League Baseball agreed to play the first month of games with an expanded, 28-man roster. By Monday’s games, that roster had to be reduced to the standard 26. Teams are permitted to carry 14 pitchers for a few more weeks before the rule setting a maximum of 13 begins. [/QUOTE]
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