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Cardinals Urged To Make 'Significant Roster Shuffle'

The Cardinals got off to a hot start but have since fallen back to their losing ways.
Zach Pressnell|
May 26, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol (37) makes a pitching change during the eighth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images
May 26, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol (37) makes a pitching change during the eighth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images | Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images

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Through the first 58 games of the season, the St. Louis Cardinals were 33-25 as we moved into June. But this month has not been kind to manager Oliver Marmol and his team.

In June, the Cardinals are 3-7 with series losses to the Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals, and Toronto Blue Jays. The team looks very different than the ballclub that was dominating earlier in the season. Something has to change to get the Cardinals back on track.

Josh Jacobs of Redbird Rants recently suggested St. Louis would need to make some significant roster moves in order to get back to its winning ways.

"On the position player side of things, at least until Jordan Walker returns, it makes way too much sense to bring Thomas Saggese back onto this roster, especially if Brendan Donovan is going to miss a few days with his toe injury," Jacobs wrote. "If the Cardinals are not going to play Lars Nootbaar in center field a bit more often, then Michael Siani may make sense to replace Barrero on the roster as well.

"Siani has done well in Memphis so far this year, and Victor Scott II could use some more days off. Ultimately, shake-ups are needed for this group before they start playing tonight against the Brewers."

There is certainly a bit of an issue on the Cardinals roster. Not every player on the active roster is a postseason caliber player and St. Louis is going to need to change that in order to pursue a postseason berth.

Ultimately, this could eventually come as the Cardinals add talent at the trade deadline, but it wouldn't be surprising to see the team shuffle some things around in the near future.

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ZACH PRESSNELL

Zach Pressnell has experience covering all major US sports at both the professional and collegiate levels. He’s produced content for FanSided, Blog Red Machine, The Game Haus, Bethany College Athletics and the Bethany College online newspaper, He graduated from Bethany College (WV) with a degree in Communications and Media Arts, specializing in Sports Journalism. Pressnell was also a four-year member of the baseball team where he earned himself All-PAC recognition as a pitcher (and a cool Tommy John surgery scar). Now, Pressnell specializes in NFL and MLB coverage for Sports Illustrated’s “On SI” network among others. For all business/marketing inquiries regarding "St. Louis Cardinals On SI," please reach out to Scott Neville: scott@wtfsports.org

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