The 2023 MLB season may be just five games old for the Cardinals, but already manager Oliver Marmol wasn’t afraid to call out the effort of one of his players.
After a 4–1 home loss to the Braves on Tuesday night, Marmol took exception with the effort put forth by Tyler O’Neill on a key play in the seventh inning. With two outs and St. Louis already trailing by three runs, O’Neill attempted to score from second base on Brendan Donovan’s base hit to right field, but Ronald Acuña Jr. nailed him with a perfect throw to home plate.
Marmol said he addressed the play with O’Neill personally during the game before later publicly calling the outfielder’s effort “unacceptable.”
