Yadier Molina would like to return as Coach again in 2025
Guest coach, that is. The St. Louis Cardinals are taking on the Chicago Cubs this weekend and an old friend and team legend, Yadier Molina, is returning to town, at least for the weekend. And not just to hang out in the press box, but in uniform in the dugout as a ‘guest’ coach.
Former Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has been talked about plenty since he retired. Molina has been outspoken since retirement that he wants to manage in the big leagues one day and consistently the Cardinals have been talked about as a potential landing spot.
It’s hard to imagine Molina ever donning another jersey — even if it means to manage. His entire 19-year big league career was spent in St. Louis. But, the Cardinals already have a manager. While some argue that Oli needs to be let go, others think he will be extended. Having Molina coach the team, even in a guest capacity seems like career suicide for a polarizing coach of a team that just had fire sale after seemingly peaking at mediocre. But it’s franchise legend Yadier Molina. How could he say no? Particularly when the Cardinals need help selling tickets this season.
Molina has not hidden the fact he would like to be involved with the Cardinals Franchise
But, Molina has been someone speculated about for a long time now. He’s returning to the club on Friday and it sounds like he wants to come back afterward.
MLB.com’s John Denton shared that Molina is hoping to return at a “couple more times” down the stretch if the club will have him.
“Yadier Molina said he is hopeful that his two-day stint with the Cardinals isn’t a one-off event. He said he hopes to join the team a couple more times this season to offer advice — possibly again in two weeks when the team is in Florida.”
It’s great to have the Cardinals legend back in town, especially for pivotal series like this one. Molina did it all in St. Louis. The timing is interesting at the very least, though. There are just a few months left to go in the season and then Chaim Bloom is going to take over as president of baseball operations. With Bloom, it’s unclear what his vision is. We could look back and see how he did with the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays, but there’s no way to know what he’s going to do when he has full control of St. Louis.
Molina now will be someone to watch throughout the rest of the season.
