As the Cardinals prepare to enter the second quarter of the season Thursday, though, there’s no denying that some will start to wonder if Matt Carpenter, Dexter Fowler and Kolten Wong will cost hitting coach John Mabry and assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller their jobs before the All-Star break.
Last June 9 the Cardinals reassigned third base coach Chris Maloney and brought in Mark Budaska to take over the assistant hitting coach’s role after Mueller took a leave of absence. The staff turnover continued in the offseason when the pitching coach and bullpen coach were replaced by Mike Maddux and Bryan Eversgerd, third base coach Jose Oquendo returned, and Willie McGee was added to the staff.