Oli Marmol needs to stop giving players “scheduled days off”

Apr 19 2024 by Viva El Birdos

 
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Something I think everybody has noticed over the past few years is how Oli Marmol tends to give players “scheduled” days off.

We saw it a lot last year for the final games of road series. Guys like Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, and Willson Contreras got days off and Marmol opted to use guys like Taylor Motter.

This never worked, and when Marmol would do this, the Cardinals would almost always lose.

I get that sometimes guys need days off and that...

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